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...assuming you know a second language, which odds are children are gonna learn in school.
by input_sh 6y ago
...assuming you know a second language, which odds are children are gonna learn in school.
- darawk 6y agoWikipedia is translated into many languages.
- input_sh 6y agoAnd yet I only look at Wikipedia in my native language(s) when I'm looking up local history, people, or events, despite understanding perfectly four non-English Wikipedias. For general knowledge, Wikipedia is only useful in handful of mostly European languages.
- watwut 6y agoAccess to web help a lot in learning second language. It makes massive difference.
- input_sh 6y agoDepends on the individual, plenty of people have access to the Internet and remain in their own language bubble, never bothering to step outside of it. Schools pretty much force you to at least know the basics to get a passing grade. The web only helps if you have self-initiative.
- watwut 6y agoI can compare the two. The school passing grade does not imply any useful command at all. And it is eternally boring. And if you are not languages talent, you don't like it cause you are only failing and never feel good. The internet makes massive difference in availability of movies with subtitles you can watch over and over, songs, later easy to read blogs. Discussion forums also provide super simple english to begin to read. Books and articles are too hard in comparison, both in vocabulary and sentence structure. Duolingo is massive thing. Yes, teacher is necessary too. But if you actually want your kids to learn other language, the web and games available easily for free now make massive massive difference.
- rajlego 6y agoI've met way more people fluent in English from messing around with English media than people fluent in English that learned it only from school
- cblconfederate 6y agoMost people in the world outside the anglosphere learn english