3 ms·
That is true. It is sometimes annoying that English speakers so often never tries to learn a new language and just expects everyone else to use theirs. However
by olodus 7y ago
That is true. It is sometimes annoying that English speakers so often never tries to learn a new language and just expects everyone else to use theirs.
However, one could view it as the only common language between you and someone else and use it for that reason. In my mind the one that know more languages are able to more easily communicate with more people more accurately, and as such have a leg up on teaching and learning from others. These ideas might be able to travel faster since they can travel by English and Japanese. Though maybe that is just wishful thinking from my side.
- knolax 7y agoIn my experience monolingual people underestimate the effort it takes to use your non-dominant language(s). For example, I could theoretically communicate in Spanish, but the effort it takes to deal with romance language conjugation is a legitimately unpleasant experience for me. Mochizuki might know English, but it might be the case that using it is an unpleasant experience to him. In addition, just as there are English proficiency requirements for international students in the US, I feel it would be unreasonable to pursue higher education in Japan without even knowing enough Japanese to talk about math.