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| WentworthsGal Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4710 days ago 191 posts - 246 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Spanish | Message 1 of 18 01 November 2011 at 11:51am | IP Logged |
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I found a radio descussion which I thought I would share; about whether it's worthwhile learning another language.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00thxg0 I hope you enjoy x 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| jalarcon Newbie United States mercurypoisonin Joined 5016 days ago 5 posts - 4 votes | Message 2 of 18 01 November 2011 at 8:34pm | IP Logged |
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Only you can decide if learning new language would be worthwhile. How do you know? Are you going to be
speaking in that language? If not, then the investment in learning it may not be worth it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4681 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 3 of 18 01 November 2011 at 8:38pm | IP Logged |
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Oh, learning languages are always worth something :)
Btw., do you feel very awkward when you hear the opponents of learning languages? For me it's like seeing an alien ;) Edited by prz_ on 01 November 2011 at 8:39pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| WentworthsGal Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4710 days ago 191 posts - 246 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Spanish | Message 4 of 18 01 November 2011 at 8:55pm | IP Logged |
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I agree, languages are always worthwhile :o) I learn for fun so all languages are worthwhile to me irrespective of how useful they will be in my life. Besides, you never know when it might come in handy one day :o)
prz, I don't quite understand what you mean...? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Matheus Senior Member Brazil Joined 4903 days ago 208 posts - 312 votes Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: English, French | Message 5 of 18 01 November 2011 at 10:47pm | IP Logged |
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They are discussing about that because they're English native speakers.
As a Portuguese speaker I wouldn't be able to play my electronic games (Xbox), apart from a few ones, like Halo. I wouldn't be able to understand the songs that I like. 95% in English. I wouldn't be able to travel abroad (in this case, you have to know either English to get around in the airport and touristic places or the country's language to a better enjoyment, in any case you'll have to know another language). I would have to wait until someone dubs or put subtitles in my favorite movies and sitcoms, almost all of them in English. I wouldn't get to speak with people from all over the world. And many more reasons. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4681 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 6 of 18 01 November 2011 at 11:32pm | IP Logged |
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@WentworthsGal - I mean for overwhelming number of us, language fans, the answer is as clear as crystal.
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| skeeterses Senior Member United States angelfire.com/games5Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6440 days ago 302 posts - 356 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Spanish | Message 7 of 18 05 November 2011 at 9:20pm | IP Logged |
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Being able to watch foreign movies or read foreign newspapers without an English translation is a plus of learning a
foreign language. But the big issue that BBC was discussing was how Britain can preserve its standard of living in a global language where everybody else is trying to learn English. And to me, it seems kind of maddening to think that the whole endeavor of learning a foreign language for so many people is just a contest to earn more money so that one can drive a nice car or buy a bigger house. Unfortunately, with middle class jobs being limited, simply mandating fluency in a foreign language will only have the effect of making poor people smarter, which is not a bad thing. I just think we have to let go of the idea that foreign language education will magically allow us to sell more cars. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Leipzig Hexaglot Newbie Wales Joined 4625 days ago 22 posts - 33 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchC2, Lowland Scots, SpanishC2, Portuguese, Catalan Studies: Welsh, Tok Pisin, German, Italian | Message 8 of 18 05 November 2011 at 10:54pm | IP Logged |
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I have to agree that learning a language is always useful in some manner or another -
even if you choose to learn one of the most obscure languages in the world, and never once get to go to the area where it is spoken, it can still endow you with cultural knowledge, broaden your mind and get you asking questions and thinking things you may never have done otherwise. We have art for art's sake, why not wit for wit's sake? 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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