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serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Sason on March 25, 2010, 04:27:31 pm ---Um.....something tells me you didn't start learning French in 4th grade, but rather a few years later..... ::) ::) ;D
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No, we didn't even have the opportunity to study a second language in school until 7th grade! >:(
Sason:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on March 26, 2010, 02:21:00 am ---No, we didn't even have the opportunity to study a second language in school until 7th grade! >:(
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That's too bad.
Nowadays they start teaching English in first grade in most schools here I think.
Lynne:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on March 26, 2010, 02:21:00 am ---No, we didn't even have the opportunity to study a second language in school until 7th grade! >:(
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10th grade for me >:(
serious crayons:
For a couple of years, my kids attended a suburban school district where they teach Spanish from kindergarten on. In their more financially challenged urban district, they don't teach it until junior high. High school offers three languages.
On the other hand, I can see where, geographically, learning a foreign language would be of more immediate practical value to Europeans. I also have seen, say, German and Italian people interacting in English, so I can understand why it would be good to learn English early.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on March 26, 2010, 11:21:39 am ---I also have seen, say, German and Italian people interacting in English, so I can understand why it would be good to learn English early.
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At the risk of offending somebody--no one in particular, just anyone in general--I have heard it said that English is now the international language that French once was. I also believe I remember hearing that all airline communication is in English, for example.
Of course, if this is truly the case, it's yet another disincentive for Americans to learn another language besides their own. :-\
And that's still a shame. At least the way languages were taught when I was in junior high and high school, a lot of history and cultural learning/appreciation went along with learning how to conjugate verbs. ...
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