| Other than English, which language is it most important for children to learn? |
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by gxeremio  United States |
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[0 points] 1 year ago by deleted user ReplyReally? Seriously? Farsi? Do you have any evidence that the United States of America is facing the threat of being taken over by Persia? I'm dying to hear this one.
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[1 point] 1 year ago by deleted user ReplyThat depends where you live. If you live in southern California I can imagine Spanish to be important as a second language. If you live in the UK I think French or German might be more important and if you live in a non-English speaking language like most of us I think you should master your own language well to begin with.
Yes, for nations in Europe, there are some very important languages. From my point of view the first language (languages) which should be spoken and taught in EU states should be the official language (languages) of particular countries. Of course, after that there is English, but to answer the question, in my region of Europe, German language is spread and very important (because of mutual economic cooperation and German and Austrian investitions in my country). And all of our people (also children) understand and speak Czech language because of our common history, similarity of languages and very good international relations. After that also French and Russian are quite popular. My first language is Slovak, but since my early childhood I have been speaking also Czech. As a pupil I started with German, after that I had to choose the next langguage - it was English, and finally, at the university, I´m learning the third (actually fourth, if I would count Czech) foreign language - Russian. Spanish language is beautiful, but I would prefer Chinese or Arabic.
To be honest I had not realized the Czech and Slovak parts of former Chechoslovakia had different languages as well...
The people in my country have been well known for their language skills. A lot of that has to do with our history. Our country is very small yet it used to be influencial and rich. Our economic and military power enabled us to stay independent, (and thus save our own language), and spend some money on education. The trade also made it necessary for Dutchmen to speak other languages as Dutch is quite hard to understand for most others. Also because of relative religious tolerance we had a steady influx of religious refugees.
Yes, indeed, they do have. Not a lot of people know that Czechoslovakia was federation created by two nations with different languages, culture and habits (on the other side not so different to be incomprehensible), so the whole system of government, media etc. were organised on a biligual principle.
I know about fiendishly good language skills of Dutchmen, and I´m really very happy that such small nation was able to preserve its independence and to develop itself to the one of the richiest and most successful nations. I hope Slovakia is going to follow the success-story of Netherlands.
Thanks, only to my national shame I have to admit that a large part of our wealth is due to such "great achievements" as slave trade and exploitation of former colonies. So although the Netherlands were an example of tolerance, art and philosophy at the same time they did not shy away from plundering other nations. (And of course we are mostly being tought the nice side of that history in school..)
Anyone think Latin or Greek (or any other root language for English) would be a good idea? They're SO useful in learning new words (not so much in conversation though heh).