Mises à jour des statuts de la communauté

Thomas Andresen

I've seen some of it in this incarnation of the forums, too. And elsewhere. And in a couple of schools I went to, there were people getting a fit over the fact that most manuals are in English, when they "didn't want to bother with it, 'cause Norwegian was more than enough to get along on the workplace."
avril 24 2014 05:39

Silfren

I don't get the anger over knowing more than one language. **I** am monolingual because I never took the initiative when I was younger to apply myself to French in school, but I'm trying to rectify that now and teach myself at least to read and write in a couple other languages. There is TREMENDOUS value in knowing more than one language, and fluently so. It really just can't be overstated.
avril 24 2014 07:48

Thomas Andresen

If nothing else, knowing English is useful, no, required to be a part of the international community. In Norway, English as a secondary language is a requirement for ten grades, starting at third grade(or at least it did back when I was attending primary school), though there are many who view it as an annoyance at best. I had German as a tertiary language for three grades, but the most I can say I got out of it is that I know how words I read on the paper is supposed to sound.
avril 24 2014 08:01