Arabic Language To Take Over?
France is trying to get some support for teaching English to students in that country, but not all of France's politicians are for it.
English won't last as the most spoken language. That certainly sounds ominous, doesn't it? And what does it tell us when the politician responsible for that statement supports Arabic as the language of the future? It tells me that there are still a lot of people in France who plan on jumping whenever radical Islam says "frog."
What would make somebody pick Arabic as the language of the future? That particular culture has not exactly progressed much since the middle ages. There's still a lot of oppression, particularly of women, that goes on in the global Muslim community. Muslim numbers have been growing in recent years, but as a culture it wouldn't be one that I'd promote.
As far as foreign languages go, I'm for a country picking one language and sticking with it. If students in that country want to learn another language good for them, but lets not make it mandatory.
BBC - A report calling for all school children in France to learn English has started a heated debate.
The report, part of a review of the French education system, said English should be made compulsory.
According to Le Monde, it says pupils should leave school with the language of "international communication".
The Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin is said to back the proposal, but some politicians are against it. . . .
Its conclusions have been challenged by some politicians, including one deputy from the ruling UMP party, Jacques Myard.
He told Le Monde: "English is the most-spoken language today, but that won't last."
He said Spanish, Chinese and Arabic were all growing in importance.
"If we must make a language compulsory, it should be Arabic," he said.
English won't last as the most spoken language. That certainly sounds ominous, doesn't it? And what does it tell us when the politician responsible for that statement supports Arabic as the language of the future? It tells me that there are still a lot of people in France who plan on jumping whenever radical Islam says "frog."
What would make somebody pick Arabic as the language of the future? That particular culture has not exactly progressed much since the middle ages. There's still a lot of oppression, particularly of women, that goes on in the global Muslim community. Muslim numbers have been growing in recent years, but as a culture it wouldn't be one that I'd promote.
As far as foreign languages go, I'm for a country picking one language and sticking with it. If students in that country want to learn another language good for them, but lets not make it mandatory.
