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I think you mean "poor man's." If you have a passion to learn a language, lack of opportunity is just an excuse. If you're choosing a policy for forcing kids t

I think you mean "poor man's." If you have a passion to learn a language, lack of opportunity is just an excuse. If you're choosing a policy for forcing kids to learn a language against their will, lack of opportunity is a significant factor that should be considered. English is compulsory in Japan too, which makes the average Japanese citizen the best example of compulsion without opportunity equating to a lot of wasted effort for very little return.

darkestkhan 14y ago
You're right. Note taken. English is pretty much compulsory in entire world. And the same can be said in Poland - almost everyone learns English in school (often for 9 years) and only 30-50% of those people can use it in its written form (and situation is far worse when it comes to spoken form).