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Countries good at 2nd foreign language?
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07 August 2012 at 10:51am | IP Logged

Solfrid Cristin wrote:

And I will probably also sound like a broken record when I say that there is no such thing as an easy
language. Not if you want to do it well. I know how much work it took me to learn each one of my languages,
all of which are supposedly "easy " languages. Had they been as easy as people make them out to be, I
would have assumed we all would juggle 5-6 languages at least.

Those who go for difficult languages like Mandarin or Japanese will have my fullest respect, but it does not
make me respect learners of other languages less.

I often hear people describe English and Spanish as "easy" languages but I don't believe that any individual language is simple to learn. I think it's a case of English and Spanish being large international languages and having lots of eager learners due to their perceived usefulness.

Languages which are closely related to your native one may appear easier because you are familiar with the structure and have a lot of shared vocabulary to help you along. Therefore a Norwegian won't find find German alien and those "difficult" Asian languages are probably quite accessible if you already have experience in that field.

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