Re: True western view of new Baltic masters

On Sep 17, 5:24 am, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Dmitry" <dmitrijsfedot...@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Today, English is the most useful language
on this planet. Would an average Finnish
teenager speak fairly fluent English?

Yes, and not only through learning it in school (beginning with their third
school year, at age 9), but also because all our TV channels are spewing out
English day and night.

That's why mixed (franco-anglo) families in Québec are making a big
mistake when they send their kid to an English school for the spurious
reason of "So that his English won't suffer." Since when is anyone's
English going to suffer in North America? It is impossible not to be
exposed to it. It is the kid's French that needs a helping hand early
in life, not his English.

.

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