ANTI-ILLEGALS: When you visit another country, do you learn their language...?

Question

or do you expect them to learn English?

Answer 1

The operative word here is visit. If I took up residence in another country I would learn their native language.

Answer 2

When I plan a visit to another country I do what I can to learn some of that country's native language. I know that, though many in Europe for example, do have a working knowledge of English, I feel it is total disrespect of that country's citizens and culture to not at least make a good attempt at communicating with them in their home language. Usually, the people I've done this with have a great laugh at my ineptness at the attempt, but I gain the respect of them in the process. If I was planning on LIVING in that other country, I would make even more of an attempt, as I would have to know the language in order to be able to fully function in that society.

On the same token, if someone comes here to visit from another country, they should make every attempt at communicating with Americans in the US native language, which is English. They would gain that same respect that I gain in my attempts. If they are planning on living here, they need to learn the language in order to be able to fully function in our society.

Answer 3

English is an international language. Most countries are expected to learn it besides, you're talking about "visiting" v/s immigrating on a permanent bases and if I were going to another country to stay, I most certainly would learn their language in order to live there without being hampered by a language barrier.

Why do you ILLEGALS want us to learn Mexican? I know it's supposed to Spanish but I have a friend from Spain and he told me that you Mexicans don't speak true Spanish and that's why you take Spanish in high school and get low grades even though you shold ace it.

Answer 4

What do "anti-illegals" have to do with it??

If YOU visit a country, do you learn the language??

Probably not....few people do...beyond a few conversational terms...

If YOU were to move to a country PERMANENTLY, would you learn the language???

Common sense says, YES!!!! It doesn't make much sense to move to a country and refuse to learn the country's language now, does it??

Answer 5

Seems you've been outed for the punk you are. I've traveled to 11 different countries in my lifetime. The ones I visited I knew enough to get around and traveled with friends, you know those are the things you will never have if you keep your head up your butt, and was never so disrespectful as to expect someone to conform to my inability to speak their language.

When I was stationed in other countries I did in fact learn their language. One thing you seem to overlook in your hypocritical mania is that nearly EVERY civilized country in the world offers English classes and their intelligent citizens speak English in addition to. That sort of makes it obvious where these mexicans stand when they are not even smart enough to learn English.

And for the morons that want to point out that there are other illegals than mexican, we know but I'm talking about the uneducated, manipulated trash that groups like la raza, mecha and the other idiot organizations use to further their political goals.

Answer 6

It is not a matter of expecting them to learn English unless they immigrate to the U.S. People who visit and return home is a different story than someone immigrating to another country and not trying to learn the language.

If I emigrated to a Spanish-speaking country, I would make every effort to learn the language and if I couldn't, I would stay in the U.S.A. Same for becoming a permanent resident of any foreign country.

I've seen people come to the U.S. from Spanish, French and German-speaking countries who have learned to speak English fluently, and have seen others who have made no effort to learn English.

Answer 7

Visiting is different than bringing your whole family, trying to get a job and sending your children to school on tax payer dollars.

Why would anyone expect a non-English speaking country to learn English for them? How ridiculous.

Answer 8

Yes actually and I didn't have to. I learned Irish before I went to Ireland even though English is predominantly spoken there. I thought it would be respectful to be able to speak the true and original language of the people.

Answer 9

My Dear, I'm American citizen, but from Spain originally and I speak Spanish, French, German, Italian, some Portuguese
and of course English.
I had a ticket & went to Court, there, the court were offering an interpreter to those in spanish than dont speak ENglish, can you believed it? They are suppossed to speak English, they live here, If you want to live here to have to learn English,
I am not anti-Ilegals, but they are too many that they dont even care, everyone speaks Spanish, really a shame,
If I was the government, I wont allow it.
When you go to another country and if you go on vacation is totally different, and I know of many americans that speak Spanish too

Answer 10

If I go to Mexico I will attempt to speak Spanish. I will not expect to be spoken to in English. If they are going to live here they need to learn English.

Answer 11

Perhaps it would be helpful when visiting, however...Learning the language of a nation u plan to live in is the first indication of what ur intended contributions will be ;- )