Comments on: Ideas for Teaching Languages http://www.spareinkmedia.com/2009/02/20/ideas-for-teaching-languages/ Education For All Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:54:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brian Barker http://www.spareinkmedia.com/2009/02/20/ideas-for-teaching-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Brian Barker Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:27:19 +0000 http://www.spareinkmedia.com/?p=62#comment-15 I see that President Barack Obama wants everyone to learn a foreign language, but which one should it be? The British learn French, the Australians study Japanese, and the Americans prefer Spanish.Yet this leaves Mandarin Chinese and Arabic out of the equation. Why not teach a common neutral non-national language, in all countries, in all schools, worldwide? An interesting video can be seen at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8837438938991452670. I see that President Barack Obama wants everyone to learn a foreign language, but which one should it be?

The British learn French, the Australians study Japanese, and the Americans prefer Spanish.Yet this leaves Mandarin Chinese and Arabic out of the equation.

Why not teach a common neutral non-national language, in all countries, in all schools, worldwide?

An interesting video can be seen at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8837438938991452670.

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