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Article #2385Re: Americans and Foreign Languages
From: Ed Sachs
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1986 14:13
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1986 14:13
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> ... In addition, in America it is viewed as less important to learn > a foreign language, since everybody for hundreds and hundreds of miles in > almost every direction speaks English too (or at least is expected to!). > In Europe, the countries are much smaller, and it is much easier to leave > yours. (This comes from the series on the English Language currently airing on PBS.) Another reason (perhaps) that Americans don't learn a second language is the question of what language to learn. The number one second language in the world is English! We already speak everyone else's second language! -- Ed Sachs AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville, IL ihnp4!ihuxe!essachs
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