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| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5052 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes  Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 9 of 22 23 January 2012 at 7:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I've noticed that Spanish-language torrents are shared mostly by Brazilians. Usually I see like one Spanish flag, one Chilean, two Argentinian, and then fifteen Brazilian... Maybe it has something to do with Brazil's burgeoning middle class?
Brazil ranks #5 on the list of countries by number of Internet users.. Edited by espejismo on 23 January 2012 at 7:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Camundonguinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4750 days ago 273 posts - 500 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish Studies: Swedish | Message 10 of 22 23 January 2012 at 7:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Unfortunately Brazil ranks low in the vocabulary test:
http://testyourvocab.com/blog.php 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| FireViN Diglot Senior Member Brazil missaoitaliano.wordpRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5230 days ago 196 posts - 292 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Italian | Message 11 of 22 23 January 2012 at 7:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
Maybe it's because Spanish is easy to understand for us brazilians and Portuguese is not always an option. Many products offer English and Spanish only. When I was young, many of my video-games offered Spanish as an option, and even though I always chose English, almost all my friends preferred the Spanish version, simply because they could figure out the meaning. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5052 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 12 of 22 23 January 2012 at 7:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
I meant Spanish movies that were originally filmed in Spanish. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5867 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 13 of 22 23 January 2012 at 7:33pm | IP Logged | |||||
Thanks. Those stats are very helpful and explain the large percentage of review requests. Thanks to all the other posters. Very interesting. Brazil is obviously doing very well on many fronts. Maybe it is time for me to start learning Portuguese. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Shantaram Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5251 days ago 19 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Hindi, German | Message 14 of 22 17 February 2012 at 10:56am | IP Logged | |||||
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When I read this question I think about the difference in "everyone learning a language," and "everyone speaking a
language." What I mean is in the US, as far as I know, foreign languages are a mandatory part of the high school and college curriculum. I think about the 200 kids I graduated high school with, every single one was required to take 3 years of a foreign language (Spanish/French/German). Maybe 3, including myself, succeeded in learning to speak the language we studied. It may be different in South America, or anywhere other than the US, but my point is that "everyone learning a language" does not necessarily imply everyone will learn the language. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4669 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 15 of 22 17 February 2012 at 6:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't think everyone learns English in Brazil.
I have two friends from S. Paulo, and they speak English very well, but most people from Bahia opted for Spanish instead. Apparently in Brazilian high schools you have a choice: you can choose between English and Spanish. And many people choose Spanish, because they think it's easier. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4716 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 16 of 22 17 February 2012 at 8:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
That's not the case. As a rule, English is a mandatory subject at the school program, and some (not many) schools have also Spanish as an option. But as I said some posts before, they don't put much effort into English, and just keep "teaching" us the verb "to be" and some basic vocabulary all over the years. Since Spanish is MUCH easier for us, the schools which have it as a subject tend to go a little further than English would, but just because most things are kind of obvious for us. The grammar is pretty much the same, the vocabulary is usually very logical...most Brazilians can read in Spanish without much effort. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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