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03-01-2008, 07:49 PM
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http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl...355064,00.html More details on official status of English in India: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officia...uages_of_India Last edited by fsquared; 03-01-2008 at 07:52 PM.. 
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03-01-2008, 08:19 PM
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I've got to be fair here, from my experience the difference between the Americans & Europeans is the way they want to go about learning. Without sounding harsh on the Americans they do think of themselves as world leaders. What kind of leader looks up to those below them? Something I must credit the Americans for, is that if they want to learn a foreign language they will do it thoroughly and try and become fluent. Europeans tend to try and get by on basic sayings of foreign languages. I can comment on this first hand, I live in England for 9 months of every year and the Czech Republic for the other 3. My English is practically perfect, and my Czech is less than impressive. In fact, I speak Spanish AND French better than I speak Czech, which is strange as I can technically call it my country of residence. Sorry if I'm boring you all but the point I'm trying to get across is that Europeans have a more relaxed attitude to learning foreign languages whereas when the Americans WANT to learn a foreign lingo, they will do it properly.
Hope that makes sense!!!
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03-01-2008, 09:04 PM
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03-01-2008, 09:07 PM
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that is cool that you are actually in France!! So is it really cold there? Have you seen/tasted any food that is different from food in america? Have fun touring France!!
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03-01-2008, 09:57 PM
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03-01-2008, 11:13 PM
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Yeah, I see...but I it's a matter of the use you can make with the language...Portugal and Brazil are the only countries that make some difference economically on the world that speak portuguese, or at least I don't know about any other...So why would a person learn portuguese when they can learn spanish instead and talk to many other people from a lot of other places that know the language? Or chinese, and make a lot of money out of it? My town has rarely any tourists, but I would love to talk to some in english, so I could practise my conversation, I wouldn't find it offensive at all. Abraço amigo!
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03-01-2008, 11:43 PM
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I'm glad your getting a chance to visit France Ren - Hope you have a wonderfull time, and bring back many great memories!
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03-02-2008, 12:15 AM
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03-02-2008, 01:06 AM
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This is cause almost all schools in India teach in English. So, a kid in India knows better English than his mother-tongue. 
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(no offense please). But it still kinda annoys me because no one gives to the trouble of speaking Portuguese when we go to another country. It's sad but true... But yeah, latin languages are so much harder to learn than English...
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