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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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 Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:21 am Post subject: English is not a Foreign Language |
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| No matter what your native tongue, no matter where you come from, or what rock in a remote cave you crawled out from under, you have been exposed to English your whole life. |
http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2009/02/12/english-is-not-a-foreign-language/0/
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As for English, it�s not a foreign language. People everywhere are exposed to significant quantities of English and western/American culture from the time they are born. For most foreign nations, English is becoming a de-facto second language.
So, if you are struggling to learn a foreign language, don�t judge yourself too harshly. You have had months or a few years to do what �they� did over the course of a lifetime. |
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nate1983
Joined: 30 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:47 am Post subject: Re: English is not a Foreign Language |
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| And of course, every person on the planet knows the name of the American president, Barak Obama. |
It's just that some of them don't know how to spell it. |
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joelove
Joined: 12 May 2011
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Anyone who think English is not a foreign language for many people is clueless, or at least has not spent much time in this part of the world. |
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