I'll just throw this in the mix. I find in America that where once people spoke the language common to their immediate society (the people around them) now people seem to not care. We have 3 slovakian volleyball players at the beach who in spite of speaking perfectly good english, revert to slovakian often, for which I chide them regularly. It's like walking over to a corner in a party and whispering to each other while everyone looks on. I find it rude.
Bob S > On Nov 3, 2019, at 17:33 , Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > On 03/11/2019 22:04, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: >> I'm not sure if in some countries kids learn languages more easily than in >> others. >> >> But, I do think: >> >> 1. In English-speaking countries there is an unconscious feeling that >> learning a foreign language is not 100% >> serious as "all the world learns English." >> > No, it's surely simpler than that. > > For an English speaker, a rational analysis shows that the Return on > Investment for learning *any* other language is much lower than the RoI for > anyone else thinking of learning English. > > Learning another language is (for most of us) difficult - it takes a lot of > time, energy and effort; so it's a legitimate question whether or not it is > worth that investment ? > > Although Mandarin and Hindi are spoken by more people than English, the great > majority of those people are very unlikely to be encountered by any English > speaker. > > Spanish has some claim - but outside of South America its numbers are much > smaller - and the percentage of those outside South America who don't also > speak English is (I suspect - can't find reliable numbers to back it up) > probably low. > > There are many good reasons to learn another language, ranging from the > well-proven neurological benefits of multiple languages to the simple common > courtesy of doing so - but in straightforward "increase in ability to > communicate" I'm unconvinced that an English speaker gains enough to justify > the effort. > > Better to put the time / money into supporting EFL / ESL for others :-) > > Alex, only partially tongue in cheek. > > P.S. hmmm does that argument also apply to Livecode ?? > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
