4 ms·
> In English speaking countries immigrants are treated so much more gracefully compared to Germany (or France, for that matter). You either are perfectly fluent
by _Microft 3y ago
> In English speaking countries immigrants are treated so much more gracefully compared to Germany (or France, for that matter). You either are perfectly fluent or you may as well not bother whereas in English speaking countries people will be happy to adapt.
What else should native english speakers do? There's no way they could make communicating easier by switching to a lingua franca since they are speaking the lingua franca already. That leaves adapting as the only possible way to facilitate communication, doesn't it?
- twixfel 3y agoBe that as it may, it does not change the realities on the ground. In one country you get to learn the language by speaking with locals, and in the other you do not. Perhaps you consider this unimportant, fine, but then also expectations on immigrants learning German really ought to be adjusted.