Crystal LC Huang
April 18 at 10:42pm ·
Will this world be better and safer - when one learns to respect, or appreciate people (not just those political/international "dignitaries") who speak a second or third language to communicate with you - isn't it a privilege? Try to communicate with others via your second or third language when appropriate -isn't it an honor? - Xena LCH.
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Crystal LC Huang Each language, in particular, one's mother tongue, is a whole package of a person and culture's identity and wisdom, strongly tied to emotion and the outlook of the world- very dear to the heart and soul.
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Crystal LC Huang Doesn't history reveal this reality: for many benevolences of a dominant language, there are/were exploitations, tragedies, repressions, if not dignity-destruction onto the oppressed, hidden behind it?
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Al Poirier Being a language illiterate, I have always envied those, like my father, who were bi- or multi-lingual. Unfortunately, I was born without the language learning gene. Tried Latin, French, Spanish and German, all without success!
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Crystal LC Huang @Al, good morning! I saw multi-lingual genes, just see how the environment reinforces them?
There are a couple of theories depicting how several generations of Americans, in particular, the youth (surely, they later became adults
) were deprived the "formal" (or serious) linguistic/foreign learning opportunities.Like · Reply · Yesterday at 9:05am · Edited
Al Poirier Crystal, I had the opportunities, just not the aptitude!
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Crystal LC Huang Al, might it be going beyond the individual level to look into the whole linguistic learning environment and the policy makers' ideologies in different timeframes, in particular, when a society is big and affluent (such as a superpower)? Does America's geo-political location also contribute to this linguistic-learning suppression?
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Crystal LC Huang Now, 5 minutes away from my class - begins at 8:00 am. Bye.
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