• yeah but English grammar can get to be quite a jones in itself... great language, English. and if only its native speakers were shown that at school they might find learning other people's languages rather more easy rather than being even more lazy and ignorant communicating with them.

    The lack of languages teaching (as opposed to single-language teaching) in UK schools is an absolute disgrace. Basically, it means that those people who are linguistically talented have to be very lucky to get any education at all, as that particular talent is neglected not only in itself but also to the extent to which it can be a foundation for other learning.

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