|
 |
Is where you live "multicultural"? | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : General discussion |  | |
| ihaveacomputer Triglot Newbie Canada Joined 6833 days ago 21 posts - 52 votes  Speaks: English*, Hindi, Punjabi Studies: Urdu, Italian | Message 33 of 37 07 September 2012 at 12:28am | IP Logged | |||||
Oh yes, I didn't mean to say that Toronto is the most multicultural place on Earth! It certainly is in the "top tier", though, if such a ranking could be established (as discussed in the link you provided, for which I am very grateful). Roughly half of its residents were born outside of Canada, and from a wide, wide variety of backgrounds. Toronto is truly one of those cities in which you have very little excuse not to find living, breathing people with whom to practice your target language. For those who love South Asian languages, it really is paradise! 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Duke100782 Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Philippines https://talktagalog.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4488 days ago 172 posts - 240 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 34 of 37 09 September 2012 at 2:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
Chongqing, China is seem to be taking it's first baby steps in becoming more cosmopolitan at this time. With
the skyrockeying pace this city is growing and opening up to the rest of the world, it's going to draw more and more expatriates in the near future. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tavit111 Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 4677 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 35 of 37 09 September 2012 at 8:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
Living in small town in eastern europ can be tough for practicing languages especially exotic one. In my case i never seen japanese person at real in my life. Edited by tavit111 on 09 September 2012 at 8:18pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5838 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 36 of 37 10 September 2012 at 9:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
There aren't a lot of Japanese people around anywhere in Europe though. I rarely saw any when I lived and worked in London. Apart from the odd tourist or business person. As for Eastern Europe, I think the lack of "multiculturalism" and the homogenity is quite nice. Of course, it probably feels a bit insular if you live there and never go anywhere else... But the reluctant poorly functioning, non-integrated and rather reluctant "multiculturalism" in Stockholm is all but inspiring. I don't think there is any loss on this score in Eastern Europe. Besides, the problem is easy enough to fix if your country decides it wants to accept immigrants. Their are plenty of people held in Italy and Greece waiting for some EU country to accept them. In London the mulitculturlism felt more natural. People supported themselves from Day 1 instead of spending years as asylum seekers on benefits. In a city that's been the capital of an empire for centuries there is more openness and acceptance, and immigrants learn the language much faster. It was inspiring to hear about the positive side to immigration in Vancouver and Toronto and rather unexpected that many Americans seem to feel they live in culturally homogenous areas. I thought black and hispanic people were a part of US society across the country. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5173 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 37 of 37 11 September 2012 at 10:37am | IP Logged | |||||
|
It's pretty multicultural where I live. There are Luhyas, Luos, Tesos and Kisiis. And I
only need to walk a mile and a half to reach Uganda. As soon as I cross into Uganda, there's a new smorgasbord of languages. 1 person has voted this message useful |
If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login. If you are not already registered you must first register
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
