Whether chinese language could be lingua franca as french in future?
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Bien qu'encore très peu répandu, l'apprentissage du chinois se développe très fortement en France.
Depende da economia
Depende da demografia
Depende da tecnologia
Depende da política
Presentemente observamos um incremento da língua chinesa
Grego é língua franca !
Latim é língua franca !
Línguas Latinas se comunicam entre si !
Português do Brasil - Língua de 200.000.000
Principal Língua da América do Sul
Depende da demografia
Depende da tecnologia
Depende da política
Presentemente observamos um incremento da língua chinesa
Grego é língua franca !
Latim é língua franca !
Línguas Latinas se comunicam entre si !
Português do Brasil - Língua de 200.000.000
Principal Língua da América do Sul
Sin embargo de momento el Chino esta limitado geográficamente a la China contiental, lo cual puede demorar el que se convierta en lengua franca en un futuro próximo.
Well, if 200 m. people speak portuguese in South America maybe portuguese should become the common language in South America. It would be easy for spanish speaking people to learn portuguese.
I think that it is very likely that chinese could be a linga franca like french in the future together with spanish.
The number which are learning chinese in USA have increased several times in the last 5 years. Maybe, chinese will be an important second foreign language in the world 10~20 years later.
http://www.chinaqw.com/news/2006/0406/68/23188.shtml
http://www.chinaqw.com/news/2006/0406/68/23188.shtml
Surprising... I was browsing through the archives of this forum: This topic has been brought up many, many times, but never has the general response been as positive as in this thread.
Sometime, I should ask my Japanese friends if more people in Japan are learning Chinese than ever before.
Sometime, I should ask my Japanese friends if more people in Japan are learning Chinese than ever before.
>> The number which are learning chinese in USA have increased several times in the last 5 years. <<
Yeah, but think about how many Americans actually learn a foreign well enough to actually speak it, and not just to get their foreign language requirement credit, and then forget half of it within a year's time. I've only heard 3 people around here that could speak Spanish at an acceptable level; most of the other people could barely remember five words in the language, or could speak a few phrases but understand nothing back! And Spanish is considererably easier to learn than Chinese for an Anglophone, especially because of the similar words that are cognates of the Norman derivatives in English. Not to mention the fact that Europeans/Americans have a great deal of trouble with the tones in Chinese, and the correct pronunciation of the non-aspirated voiceless stops. So, I think that the number has increased simply because they thought that Chinese would be a minty language to take to fulfill the requirement, and would be more fun than Spanish or French.
Yeah, but think about how many Americans actually learn a foreign well enough to actually speak it, and not just to get their foreign language requirement credit, and then forget half of it within a year's time. I've only heard 3 people around here that could speak Spanish at an acceptable level; most of the other people could barely remember five words in the language, or could speak a few phrases but understand nothing back! And Spanish is considererably easier to learn than Chinese for an Anglophone, especially because of the similar words that are cognates of the Norman derivatives in English. Not to mention the fact that Europeans/Americans have a great deal of trouble with the tones in Chinese, and the correct pronunciation of the non-aspirated voiceless stops. So, I think that the number has increased simply because they thought that Chinese would be a minty language to take to fulfill the requirement, and would be more fun than Spanish or French.
But, Chinese is a lingua franca in the internet as google scholar statistics now, and exceeded French.
http://scholar.google.com/scholar_preferences?hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&output=search
http://scholar.google.com/scholar_preferences?hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&output=search
>> But, Chinese is a lingua franca in the internet as google scholar statistics now, and exceeded French.
http://scholar.google.com/scholar_preferences?hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&output=search <<
It has nothing to do with lingua francas.
It only because China is a potential big market considering the population of China and China's rapidly growing economy.
As Chinese, I don't think Chinese will be a lingua franca.
http://scholar.google.com/scholar_preferences?hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&output=search <<
It has nothing to do with lingua francas.
It only because China is a potential big market considering the population of China and China's rapidly growing economy.
As Chinese, I don't think Chinese will be a lingua franca.
« Guest » : « So, I think that the number has increased simply because they thought that Chinese would be a minty language to take to fulfill the requirement, and would be more fun than Spanish or French. »
Convaincant. Les comportements évolueront quand l'apprentissage du chinois ne sera plus ressenti comme une simple aventure sans conséquence mais perçu comme une ardente nécessité.
Convaincant. Les comportements évolueront quand l'apprentissage du chinois ne sera plus ressenti comme une simple aventure sans conséquence mais perçu comme une ardente nécessité.
Mandarin is the second foreign language after French now.
Canada (22)
French 15 68%
Mandarin 6 27%
Spanish 6 27%
Japanese 4 18%
English 4 18%
Portuguese 4 18%
German 3 14%
Russian 3 14%
Swedish 2 9%
Esperanto 2 9%
Korean 2 9%
Data come from:
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/languages.asp?submenu=targetbylocation
Canada (22)
French 15 68%
Mandarin 6 27%
Spanish 6 27%
Japanese 4 18%
English 4 18%
Portuguese 4 18%
German 3 14%
Russian 3 14%
Swedish 2 9%
Esperanto 2 9%
Korean 2 9%
Data come from:
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/languages.asp?submenu=targetbylocation