Why Don't immigrants Learn English?

[SuperSat]

and why not the "the old people" ?.....

Do you think they care to learn another language?
and you how many languages do you speak?
how young are you?

[maca]

age has nothing to do with it if you want to learn something new...oh and im 45.

[SuperSat]

age has nothing to do with it if you want to learn something new...oh and im 45.

Can you speak more than one language?

[maca]

yes m8. scouse. and my second language is english

[SuperSat]

yes m8. scouse. and my second language is english

Well done mate!!!
Where are you from yourself then?
and do you think English should be the main language?
Why not your language then?

[maca]

do you really need to ask were im from ?

[SuperSat]

do you really need to ask were im from ?

Why not?
Are you ashamed about your root even if you are 45?

[maca]

ok sat m8 just for you im from anfield and proud. do you know where that is?

[flyingpig]

Off topic... Come on lads...

When I go away with my mates and family, say to Spaini, we dont sit there and speak Spanish.. Even if I lived there for 10 years, to my friends and family I would always seak my native tongue, ALWAYS. I would however, learn the local language.

The opening post is a generalisation and a wrong one at that... The people who live over the road from me are Sri-Lankan and they can speak great English.

When people make generalisations like that it shows a held belief and a level of unawareness and also an unwilligness to change, because the question you would always ask is "how do you know they (the group or individual) doesnt speak English... How? They just may not want to speak it to you.

[SuperSat]

Off topic... Come on lads...

When I go away with my mates and family, say to Spaini, we dont sit there and speak Spanish.. Even if I lived there for 10 years, to my friends and family I would always seak my native tongue, ALWAYS. I would however, learn the local language.

The opening post is a generalisation and a wrong one at that... The people who live over the road from me are Sri-Lankan and they can speak great English.

When people make generalisations like that it shows a held belief and a level of unawareness and also an unwilligness to change, because the question you would always ask is "how do you know they (the group or individual) doesnt speak English... How? They just may not want to speak it to you.

How would they if they cannot????

[lfc4life]

Off topic... Come on lads...

When I go away with my mates and family, say to Spaini, we dont sit there and speak Spanish.. Even if I lived there for 10 years, to my friends and family I would always seak my native tongue, ALWAYS. I would however, learn the local language.

The opening post is a generalisation and a wrong one at that... The people who live over the road from me are Sri-Lankan and they can speak great English.

When people make generalisations like that it shows a held belief and a level of unawareness and also an unwilligness to change, because the question you would always ask is "how do you know they (the group or individual) doesnt speak English... How? They just may not want to speak it to you.

unwillingness too change wtf !!! it gets dishearting when you are in the canteen at work and you hear the polish workers all shouting over each other. Its a show of ignorance. Some of them can speak little english but they feel "comfortable " speaking there own language BUT can also swear english

[flyingpig]

Whats wrong with them speaking Polish to Poles??.. thats their language....

[lfc4life]

being ignorant is a two way thing...... People feel let down by governments past and present. Then there feel like every other ethinc minority is put before them or how they feel!!!

[conservenergy]

how true!!!

[maca]

how true!!!

great first post m8. time we all calmed down and relaxed and not take things to heart.