Admit it! If you are a native speaker of English, you are not really eager to learn other language because you know with English, you can survive anywhere.
2007-06-01 23:07:04 · 15 answers · asked by Tesco 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
That's not really true - especially if you are a traveler. There are plenty of places that you go where you have a hard time finding someone who speaks English.
I live in a Germanic speaking country. I am slowly learning the language - I really need to do better in it, but I am doing passably. There are definitely times when I cannot find someone who speaks English when I need it. So, really, you cannot survive anywhere only knowing English.
2007-06-01 23:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by Only_my_opinion 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You answered your own question - the main reason people learn to speak foreign languages is out of necessity, but that is often no longer the case. If you're an immigrant moving to America, from Mexico or Korea or anywhere else, there is a community somewhere that you can join where you never have to learn a single word of English to get by. This is also the case with Americans traveling the world - countries are so eager for our tourist dollars that they're willing to bend over backwards to comfort us that we no longer have to learn that language to get by. But to say it's only an English-speaking issue is wrong, because Americans have the same complaint against people who visit or move here and never bother to learn the language.
2007-06-01 23:21:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree absolutely! and it is so humorous considering the fact that it is just about solely local audio system who declare that, and I imply what do they even recognize approximately finding out the language? english is my moment language, and I discover it such a lot simpler than spanish, which I'm finding out as good. in spanish you could have most of these verb conjugations and extraordinary tenses, which english lacks to an overly top measure. I bet it is a few monolinguals' means of justifying figuring out just one language, sorta like "oh yeah I best recognize one, however no less than it is the toughest language to study!". having stated this, I've obvious this tendency amongst local audio system of different languages as good. I'm swedish, and now and again I come throughout swedes who declare that the swedish language is the toughest to study. swedish isn't rough to study both, however I could say typically more difficult than english.
2016-09-05 19:40:12 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, since the whole purpose of learning a language is to communicate with others and when that can be done in your own language, where is the incentive to learn the other language?
By the way, my mother tongue is not english, but I love the language.
2007-06-01 23:19:51 · answer #4 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My family is from Poland: we live in America, we speak English because that's the language of the Country we live in and, my family swore an oath to, when they came here. We have served in all the wars this Nation had, against it's enemies, the men in all the generations have served proudly, in all the services and have spoken English with pride.
My father once said "Your in America now, speak English" and, that's what we did.
I see no reason to speak another language, and in fact it disturbs me that I have to hit one, on the phone to speak English, every instruction book I get is a double language. As far as I'm concerned, these immigrants can do the same thing my family did when we came here. Learn the language.
2007-06-01 23:17:14 · answer #5 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i personally enjoy languages, im currently learning spanish through a distance education course.
the sentance structure and sounds in english are often very different form alot of other languages, whereas those languages have more in common. so learning a second language isnt just learning words, it learning how to use them.
i really dont think that anyone can enjoy life to the fullest without at least a second language.
2007-06-01 23:15:54 · answer #6 · answered by puttaholic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True. But I do think a second language should be required of all high school and college graduates. I know some people that speak 7 languages, not uncommon in Europe.
2007-06-01 23:12:03 · answer #7 · answered by lcmcpa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, you answered your own question. However, if you really want to travel and really learn about another culture and make real connections it is good to learn language.
I love learning languages.
2007-06-01 23:12:22 · answer #8 · answered by YahooAnswersIsFun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This does not seem to be correct. Normally every one likes to learn more languages and certainly add to his knowledge.
2007-06-02 00:59:10 · answer #9 · answered by brij_26pal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uummmmm no! I am a native English speaker and I love learning new languages. French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic. More if I can. ????
2007-06-01 23:11:21 · answer #10 · answered by whatever 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋