The neighbor language
This is the first time I write here in italki. I must confess that I did not have idea of what to write about. Fortunatelly, I remembered a small conversation I had with a pair of good friends earlier. We were talking about the languages taught as foreign languages in schools across the countries: Peru, where I live, and Brazil, the place I come from. In some point of the discussion, Angela, who married an Italian man, said that things are very different in Europe. She told us foreing languages that are taught are languages from the borders. People should be able to communicate with their "neighbors". It was a big surprise to me and make me think over of our educational systems. Both countries have English as mandatory discipline even though the official languages are Spanish and Portuguese, respectively. So I ask you all out there. Is that true you learn right your neighbor languages? Would you comment what and how students learn foreign languages in your country?
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The neighbor language
This is the first time I write here in italki. I must confess that I did not have an idea of what to write about. Fortunately, I remembered a small conversation I had with a pair of good friends earlier. We were talking about the languages taught as foreign languages in schools across the countries: Peru, where I live, and Brazil, the place I come from. In some point of the discussion, Angela, who married an Italian man, said that things are very different in Europe. She told us foreign languages that are taught are languages from the borders. People should be able to communicate with their "neighbors". It was a big surprise to me and made me think over of our educational systems. Both countries have English as mandatory discipline even though the official languages are Spanish and Portuguese, respectively. So I ask you all out there. Is that true that you learn right your neighbor languages? Would you comment what and how students learn foreign languages in your country?
Bom trabalho! Excelente escrita.
I agree that we should try to learn the languages of our neighbors.
For example, here in the United States we have Mexico to the South and Canada to the North.
So we should try to learn Spanish and French.
Usually in school here you can choose a 2nd language to learn, but real learning happens after you leave school.
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The neighbor language
This is the first time I write here on italki. I must confess that I did not have any idea of what to write about. Fortunately I remembered a small conversation I had with a pair of good friends earlier. We were talking about the foreign languages taught in schools in Peru, where I live, and in Brazil, where I come from. At some point in the discussion, Angela, who married an Italian man, said that things are very different in Europe. She told us foreign languages that are taught there are languages from adjacent countries. People should be able to communicate with their "neighbors". It was a big surprise to me and made me think over our educational systems. Both countries have English as mandatory subjects even though the official languages are Spanish and Portuguese, respectively. So I ask you all out there: is that true you learn the language of the country which borders on yours? Would you comment on which and how students learn foreign languages in your country?
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