'Pupils should ditch French and German and study Mandarin instead': David Cameron wants education ties with China 'dramatically strengthened'

Sister Mary wrote:Lez has pulled.  Get in there son.

Puriel wrote:It is spoken the most of that I agree, hence my point on many Brits holding some antiquated and arrogant belief everyone should speak English in their company. It is very lazy to be honest and rude.

Eilzel wrote:It is, but there is still an arrogance about the English (myself included) that leads us to not even consider it worth learning another language- though I intend to learn Thai when I go back

And regardless of that; it still makes far more sense in every way to learn Chinese over French or German.

Sister Mary wrote:I've just been in the Ben Gazi, strangling a darkie and reading the current bun.  Page three has a great pair of Bristols.

Sister Mary wrote:Sorry chum, many disagree with you.  Also, many Brits speak differently languages but do so awfully.

Puriel wrote:In time I believe people will have no choice here and will need to speak another language to further their careers.

Tess wrote:But life would be so much easier if everyone just spoke English!

 

Puriel wrote:It is spoken the most of that I agree, hence my point on many Brits holding some antiquated and arrogant belief everyone should speak English in their company. It is very lazy to be honest and rude.

Puriel wrote:That is the problem is it not, that people disagree and want to get by on being lazy by not learning another language, they expect others to speak English

Shady wrote:Wow Puriel,interesting thoughts you have regarding the English language.

Do you think that English language in the UK should be made the second language of all UK citizens?

Shady wrote:We used to have a poster on here called Sexy Mama who claimed to be an immigration lawyer.However,her command of the English language was poor which basically blew her story out of the water.But that's besides the point,do you feel that foreigners living the UK should learn to speak English to an acceptable standard?

Puriel wrote:As to your other point most foreigners do have a very good level of English to an acceptable standard, better than some English people, of which the later I would be more concerned about!

Puriel wrote:You don't need to have a good command of the English language to be a lawyer, they give out degrees willy nilly these days.

Puriel wrote:You don't need to have a good command of the English language to be a lawyer, they give out degrees willy nilly these days.

Shady wrote:No,I think you're wrong there.

Maybe you're clasping at straws?

gerber wrote:Maybe your degree is a willy willy one but I can assure you a legal degree has to be worked for, and a good understanding of erudition if not Latin, Greek and French  the core languages of the world

Puriel wrote:No, why should it be?
We are talking about a second language for British people to learn.

Puriel wrote:
It is your choice to believe I am wrong.
I do believe that all should and I believe many do, not all of them.
So lets reverse this question, we know countless Brits work abroad, do you think many even speak a second language?

Shady wrote:Well that's what you were clearly insinuating in your previous posts.

But I'll put that mistake down to you being new on the site & inexperienced in life. And maybe you ought to think a bit more about what you are saying.

Shady wrote:Yes,many of them do speak a foreign language.I speak several.

Puriel wrote:No, why should it be?
We are talking about a second language for British people to learn.