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"I think you're unfairly generalising. I certainly never expect fluent English from people who don't have English as their first language." That's definitely s
by Kurtz79 9y ago
"I think you're unfairly generalising. I certainly never expect fluent English from people who don't have English as their first language."
That's definitely seems to be the attitude of the author, and that of many people I see posting here, or many people I see every day that do not even try learning some local word. I agree that I expressed my opinion like I was generalizing, not my intention.
"I certainly remember enough of my schooldays French to ask simple questions, give directions, interact with shopkeepers, ask people how their day went, that sort of thing"
As probably do most people learning English at school. It's clear that the author is not talking about this level of fluency.
- EliRivers 9y agoThat's definitely seems to be the attitude of the author I interpret his words ("The level of English in Japan is shockingly low, despite everyone studying it for 6 years at school") not to mean that he expects fluency. It's clear that the author is not talking about this level of fluency. I disagree. I think the author simply says that the level of English is shockingly low. I don't think that we can infer from those words that he's expecting a high level of fluency.