| > English is dead easy to learn Maybe it was for you, but its not equally easy to learn for let say Swedes, French and Japanese. I noticed latin languages speakers have a harder time. English accent is very difficult to get right for French. > Nobody can speak English back in france. It's pathetic. It's obviously not true. Most people that went through high school at least know the basics. Usually, they lack practice and feel shy and self conscious, but I believe they can sustain a simple conversation if needed. And all "grandes écoles" students speak at least decent English (I know for teaching in one). > This is unique to France Have you been to Italy? my experience is that they're not better than the French as far as english speaking is concerned. Same in Spain. But seriously, what about Japan? Peru? Brazil? China? There are tons of countries where most people don't speak english at all. > it's not something we can be proud of. A lot of time is devoted to teaching English in France. Starting at primary school now. But learning a foreign language is notoriously hard. And things are getting better. Maybe, what is unique to the French is to think they are so unique at everything :) |