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I guess I graduated from a decent college and I live in the capital. Most of my peers are pretty good at English especially writing and reading. Our listening/s
by sondh 14y ago
I guess I graduated from a decent college and I live in the capital. Most of my peers are pretty good at English especially writing and reading. Our listening/speaking suck big time though. We have foreign language classes since grade 3: English, French or Russian (not common). The courses focus on grammar. I have heard that our grammar may be better than those of native speakers (no confusion between "your" and "you're" for example).
About myself: I just read HN, join English communities like Reddit, Quora. I try to travel but nothing much.
Regarding OP, his experience is just an exception. There are many other good or bad things in our system. And if you ask me, I will say the education in the U.S. is superior tbh.
- gruseom 14y agoAll I can say is Bravo.
- sondh 14y agoThank you. If you happen to visit our country don't forget to ring me ;)
- bmallerd 14y agoWhat's you're Quora user? You seem like an interesting fellow to follow.
- derleth 14y ago> I have heard that our grammar may be better than those of native speakers Not better, just closer to an arbitrary standard that has been held up as 'correct' by some subset of academics (who are not, by the way, linguists, as linguists are too knowledgeable about language to try and define what 'correct' means).
- witek 14y agoHey, you're in Ha Noi? I'm half Vietnamese, might be going back soon. What's your email?
- sondh 14y agoYes I'm currently in Hanoi for now. I have my address in HN profile page (not sure if you can see it?).
- winter_blue 14y agoNope, not visible. You should put it in the 'about' section as well.
- witek 14y agoCan't see yours. Try mine, in my profile.