Ok I'm not trying to diss on mexicans I'm just wanting your opinion. (I have a lot of mexican friends so I'm not racists or anything) At my work there are always people who can't speak english and it bugs me so bad! They are always wanting special privlages cuz they don't know our language. Like when I'm taking their order, they want someone else to take it, I really hate that. I just think that if you are going to live in another country, you should learn the lanuage first. What do you guys say?
2007-02-11 08:39:03 · 32 answers · asked by Candi Gurl 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
You know, I do agree with you wholeheartedly.
but the other side is that there are so many different ethnic groups, illegal immigrant or even legal that don't speak English but I only
hear of Mexicans, what is this obsession.
On the other hand I agree when in the USA you must speak our
language, and it is up to the govenment to enforce this.....
I think that english is the official language of this country,
need I say more.
Now if we are to visit or even stay and live in another country
by all means, we MUST learn their language.
2007-02-11 08:49:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they just haven't had time to learn English yet. Maybe they can't afford to take classes. Maybe some are too lazy to learn the English language. There are many reasons this could be. I do think that if someone is going to stay in a place where they don't speak the language...they should definitely learn that language soon. I wouldn't go to another country and stay without learning the language. That wouldn't make any sense but it may take me a while to learn it. Some people are not intelligent and maybe they can't pick up on the language. Maybe they'll never be able to learn it and I feel sorry for them. If they want to, they will at least try.
2007-02-11 08:45:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The language is not the reason why immigration is deporting not Mexicans only but hispanic people from all central and south America and Europe as well, is mainly a control of immigration and regulations to be able to get you residence, you don't need to speak English to become a citizen you just have to pass the constitution test to educate more about the subject get in the department of immigration and naturalization to learn more about this requirements
2016-03-29 02:30:11 · answer #3 · answered by Shirley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like all the people who answer with assuming the asker doesn't know any foreign language. Maybe she doesn't, I don't know, but I agree that all people living in the US should have a decent command of English, and I've been studying foreign languages for the last 8.5 years of my life.
I just don't see how it is racist, it's common sense! If you live in a country where the vast majority of the population speaks one language, you should too. And if you think that the english-speaking Americans should be bilingual, then so should the Spanish-speaking ones.
2007-02-11 14:14:40 · answer #4 · answered by u_wish1984 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
okay, honestly now dear. do you know another language? have you tried to learn another language? maybe you have. maybe you learnt spanish in school. lets say you did. have you now gone to mexico and tried to get by with the spanish you know? (and i don't mean in a resort town, i'm talking about in a little town where most people don't know english, as they shouldn't have to: they speak spanish in mexico after all)
i studied french all of my school life: was in french immersion up to grade four and enriched french after that. I am now in university and have taken a couple french courses. through out high school my average in french was probably around 95%. I went to france a couple summers ago and could barely carry on a conversation with people. now i could get by ordering stuff and asking simple questions, but that was about it. and i have been immersed in french (at least in school) since i was 5.
now imagine you are 35 and decided to move to a new country. you have no experiance with the language: you've never had a chance to learn it in school or other places around the community. and now you have moved to that country. and you are in culture shock: so much is different here. lets say you decided to enroll in language classes right away. you're taking your ESL courses and trying to get out into the community and immersed in the culture of your new home. (obviously you like this new country enought to uproot you and your family to live there)
and now you go into a store (i'm guessing some sort of fast food joint) and the person behind the counter waits for your order. you are struggling to read the signs. she talks to you really quickly in english. you catch maybe 50% of the words. imagine that. the person gets frusterated with you. she doesn't understand what you have gone thru to get yourself there.
i'm sorry, but that is racist.
2007-02-11 12:33:29 · answer #5 · answered by bizzle_bee_23 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Learning a new language requires a lot of work and some people just aren't willing to go to the effort. If they have family members who will translate for them all the time they assume they don't have to learn. Foolish because it will get them into real trouble at some point.
2007-02-11 08:44:40 · answer #6 · answered by Lynn K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They haven't learned it by culture or choice. I chose not to learn Spanish because I don't want to. Some don't want to learn English because they want a lift on others. I think they should have to atleast learn broken English or take courses to begin learning English. Although, in some cases it's that husbands wont let wives and children learn our language because in the old mexican culture no one did anything that the husband didn't approve. Some of my neighbors are like that and it's a shame but it's their life....
2007-02-11 08:48:16 · answer #7 · answered by ~Les~ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only 10% of 3rd generation Mexican-Americans can speak Spanish. So this debate is useless.
2016-08-29 09:02:58 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that they should learn to speak English. Although Americans should learn Spanish as well. Sometimes they will come to the US and not know the language so we should help them. But I don't agree with people who lived here for many years and never learned any English at all.
2007-02-11 08:44:15 · answer #9 · answered by meeko6811 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
America has no official language (just a de facto one). So technically, no one has to really know any language to have to live here.
And it's not all that easy to learn another langauge if one doesn't have the time to devote to it. How quickly can you pick up Spanish?
2007-02-11 10:36:02 · answer #10 · answered by Sungchul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋