Diversity is a reflection of our nation.
2007-03-16 16:44:04 · 18 answers · asked by Aladino Z 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Languages tend to increase critical thought.
If I as someone who has been exposed to languages and culture goes against someone like that friendly guy who posted, I'd get the promotion as the boss would know that I could deal with anyone and feel comfortable.
2007-03-16 16:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Disagree unequivocally.
One of the most mendacious, proposterous assertions ever foisted upon the American people is that knowing only one language - English - somehow makes one inferior or deprived of a broader intellectual understanding of the world in which one lives.
Thomas Jefferson, who spoke conversational French, famously wrote that someone, no matter how great their mind, could never fully master a language in addition to one as rich and vibrant as English.
As far as better "jobs," one's occupation or paycheck has never been correlated with one's evolution or fulfillment as a human being. The argument is as feeble as your obviously rudimentary understanding of English.
As for the woman above who wrote some nonsense about English not being a language of "love" or "revolution" or whatever the hell else she wrote, I would submit that she suffers from a serious lack of English language proficiency. Try reading Shakespear, or Whitman, or Longfellow ... Masters of the language such as these illuminate tenors and shades and strands of emotion like love, self-reliance and non-conformity, the likes of which bounce off your dense head because your level of English comprehension is too enfeebled to grasp their subtelties.
The bottom line is this: Most of the greatest minds of modernity have been monolinguistic, so any association with intelligence and bi or tri or poly linguism is bogus.
Language merely constitutes the tools with which one think, expresses and feels. The better one masters the language in which one thinks and expresses, the keener one's mind may be.
The English Dictionary is voluminous -- scarce are the minds who could exhaust its power and find themselves in search of more tools with which to think.
Speak a few languages? Good for you. I'm still learning English, and I'm much more facile in its use than are you.
2007-03-17 04:17:43 · answer #2 · answered by The Brain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely true.
I have known quite a few polyglots. Some spoke up to 14 or 15 language. I remember one just described each language by saying something in it then translating it. It was fascinating.
One I know is indispensible in upper government echelons because he is quite fluent in 10 of the middle eastern languages. Me? I can barely manage English.
What these people all say is that English is the language of sciences and maths. But it is not the language of the spirit or the soul. Those honours go to the gypsy tongue. And spanish is the language of revolution, flowing from the tongue like a silk banner in the wind. For precision in all ways that required delicacy of speech Arabic was best.
If you speak the languages you will certainly learn more on your travels as well. The more languages you speak the less vulnerable you are. This is something to be considered.
2007-03-16 23:51:19 · answer #3 · answered by Noor al Haqiqa 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Agree
2007-03-17 08:51:52 · answer #4 · answered by Tzura L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I don't-I don't think you should be forced to learn another language when the base language here is english. Jobs cannot discriminate if a person can only speak another language so they should not be discriminating against people who don't.
We should learn another language for our own personal or social reasons, not in order to get a job.
2007-03-17 03:09:58 · answer #5 · answered by AveGirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but which languages? If I speak German and English will I be more apt to be hired than someone who speaks Spanish and English? Would it be fair if I'm not hired because I can't speak Spanish? What if I know 5 languages and none of them are Spanish? What good does that do me if employers are only hiring Spanish/English speakers?
2007-03-17 19:09:29 · answer #6 · answered by sister_godzilla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which is why it is unfair that we have to spend so much money on ESL programs for those illegally here that we can't afford to teach our own children other languages in the primary grades when fluency is most easily obtained. Languages have even been cut in middle school and are limited now in high school in California, due to the drain of ESL target group programs from programs our own children USED to have.
2007-03-17 06:22:34 · answer #7 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess.
And y do we care.?
Some of us prefer to not live in a diverse world or neighborhood. Hopefully this is okay with all the diverse people of the world. If not ohh wellll.
But yes. the more languages you speak the more opportunity you may possibly have in the world.
2007-03-16 23:49:45 · answer #8 · answered by friendly advice from maine 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
MAYBE but there are no guarantees. For example, it wouldn't matter if I could speak several languages. My job would be the same. I also don't need various cultural experiences.
Diversity isn't necessarily speaking/understanding languages and having cultural experiences. Part of the issue with the ILLEGAL alien criminals is that they are not assimilating into the American culture.
2007-03-17 00:06:45 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Definitely I agree
2007-03-17 16:14:25 · answer #10 · answered by Rikjard M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋