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I would never learn to speak Spanish in our country. Why? Because we are the English speaking country, I will not be force to change my way just for the Latinos, they do not respect us enough to learn English to communicate with us. Instead they expect us to learn Spanish, and put Spanish words with our English words everywhere to communicate with them. If they what to come to the U.S.A in the first place, they will have to learn our culture AND our language, most of them are just to lazy to learn English.
Knowing more than one language is advantageous, and regardless of what country you live in, it is helpful to know the most common languages spoken in your region. Last time I checked, there was no disadvantage to only speaking english in the US, so what are you complaining about? The diversity of other americans? Let me explain why your complaint confuses me: For example, everywhere I go, everything is written in english - and sometimes important things are also translated into spanish. How is that a problem for the english speaker? In my college, 3 semesters of foreign languge (any you desire) are required. I selected spanish, and I really enjoy speaking and understanding it.
I think its unkind to broadly catagorize those who don't speak engish when they emigrate here as lazy. Most immigrants come here as adults, often with limited education in thier own language and end up working at jobs which expose them for the most part to others from thier country, limiting opportunities to learn english. These same people often live in neighborhoods which are commonly populated with other people from thier home country, and also do not speak english. Again, little time or opportunity to be exposed to english in thier non-working hours. I have had to take 3+ semesters of spanish to have even a basic grasp of that language and I had the benefit of quality instruction and a tutor - my husband who is fluent in English and Spanish whose parents immigrated to the US, worked and lived in a spanish speaking community and led productive american lives all without being fluent in english. Thier son, had the benefit of our public school system and a brother who had learned english to make him fluently bilingual. My husbands parents made sure he made perfect grades and never missed a day of school, even though they had a 3rd grade education and limited english skills. My husband, the product of non-english speaking immigrants was valedictorian of his school, attended UC Davis and earned 3 BA's and recently completed a Masters.
I am learning German just for the fun of it. The reason I am tired of Spanish language is because they expect me to understand them, when I am working at a job with them, and I cannot understand them. And they have been here a while, so they should know how to speak English well.
I would never learn to speak Spanish in our country. Why? Because we are the English speaking country, I will not be force to change my way just for the Latinos, they do not respect us enough to learn English to communicate with us. Instead they expect us to learn Spanish, and put Spanish words with our English words everywhere to communicate with them. If they what to come to the U.S.A in the first place, they will have to learn our culture AND our language, most of them are just to lazy to learn English.
Knowing more than one language is advantageous, and regardless of what country you live in, it is helpful to know the most common languages spoken in your region. Last time I checked, there was no disadvantage to only speaking english in the US, so what are you complaining about? The diversity of other americans? Let me explain why your complaint confuses me: For example, everywhere I go, everything is written in english - and sometimes important things are also translated into spanish. How is that a problem for the english speaker? In my college, 3 semesters of foreign languge (any you desire) are required. I selected spanish, and I really enjoy speaking and understanding it.
I think its unkind to broadly catagorize those who don't speak engish when they emigrate here as lazy. Most immigrants come here as adults, often with limited education in thier own language and end up working at jobs which expose them for the most part to others from thier country, limiting opportunities to learn english. These same people often live in neighborhoods which are commonly populated with other people from thier home country, and also do not speak english. Again, little time or opportunity to be exposed to english in thier non-working hours. I have had to take 3+ semesters of spanish to have even a basic grasp of that language and I had the benefit of quality instruction and a tutor - my husband who is fluent in English and Spanish whose parents immigrated to the US, worked and lived in a spanish speaking community and led productive american lives all without being fluent in english. Thier son, had the benefit of our public school system and a brother who had learned english to make him fluently bilingual. My husbands parents made sure he made perfect grades and never missed a day of school, even though they had a 3rd grade education and limited english skills. My husband, the product of non-english speaking immigrants was valedictorian of his school, attended UC Davis and earned 3 BA's and recently completed a Masters.
I am learning German just for the fun of it. The reason I am tired of Spanish language is because they expect me to understand them, when I am working at a job with them, and I cannot understand them. And they have been here a while, so they should know how to speak English well.
