clarissa Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Languages taught at school are Mandarin in Years 3 and 4, French in Years 5 and 6 Year 7 pupils are taught French and Latin. In Year 8 pupils still continue to be taught Latin and French. Spanish and German are also introduced in Year 8 In Year 9 Students choose two Modern Foreign Languages from French, German and Spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien52 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 But why do we need to be taught Latin at school,nobody uses it any more except the Pope:loopy: I made my daughter swap German lessons for Spanish,only the Germans speak German as their 1st language,while Spanish is the second most popular spoken language in the world(used in more countries as first tongue)and think Spanish would offer more in the future. Which countries have English as their 1st language Uk Ireland Usa Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa?? I cant think of anymore Not a lot really when you think about it and consider all the south/Latin American countries that speak Spanish as a first language:huh: You deny your daughter the chance of becoming Pope.Shame on you.Social services anyone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manlinose Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 However, the more recent change that really irritates me, is the misuse of 'myself'. Instead of saying 'Bob and I went shopping' some people now say 'myself and Bob went shopping'. It sounds pretentious and awful. could not agree more with this comment - it's all about me - not myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwkittie Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I did Latin at school and can't say it was useful in any way to be honest, bit of a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 The majority of posters on this forum these days can't grasp English, let alone a foreign language. They revel in their own ignorance sneering and sniping at anybody who knows which 'they're/there' to use One of the reasons Ash is one of my favourite forumers here is that he embraced sharing the forum with people whose standard of English was more finely tuned, and welcomed the opportunity to learn in such an informal environment. I love reading his posts, knowing how he posted in the past. Why don't more members take that opportunity? Is learning unsuitable for plebs or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 1/. Latin teaches the discipline of parts of speech; it's hard to say "him hit me" if you've learnt nominative and accusative. 2/. very wise; wish I'd learnt Spanish at school, we get lots of Spanish speaking migrants in Oz. that's interesting jfish. I know in many Romance languages, (French, Spanish, Italian etc) the sentence construction is different than in English+- in english, we would say "the blue car". IN spanish French and Italian, they would say "The car blue". Strangely, the grammar for British Sign Language also has this "continental" syntax. Using BSL, you would sign "the car blue" also. (in BSl to say "how are you?", you'd simply sign "good" (well) "you" (*questioning expression*). I wonder how many other languages across the world have the same quirks of grammar and syntax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 No full stop in the title though. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I found Latin to be instrumental in understanding, then consistently applying, grammar and syntax in several 'modern' languages. French (native), German (which I use professionally in mostly written, but at times spoken, form), English (obviously!), and both Italian and Spanish (basic notions in each - but easy enough to grasp thanks to Latin grounding and native French). It also underpins most of the etymology in very many modern languages, particularly useful for scientific/technical fields. Again, it has helped me immensely in 'transferring' technical knowledge acquired in French and German, into English when I moved over here. I am certainly a staunch supporter of it, for its mass reintroduction in the national curriculum, preferably very early on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampent Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 The majority of posters on this forum these days can't grasp English, let alone a foreign language. They revel in their own ignorance sneering and sniping at anybody who knows which 'they're/there' to use One of the reasons Ash is one of my favourite forumers here is that he embraced sharing the forum with people whose standard of English was more finely tuned, and welcomed the opportunity to learn in such an informal environment. I love reading his posts, knowing how he posted in the past. Why don't more members take that opportunity? Is learning unsuitable for plebs or something? I wooded have posted 'cannot' in that thing. Report <<<< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDINNERS Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 English is an official language or is predominantly spoken in the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Barbados Beliza Botswana Canada Fiji Gambia Ghana Grenada Guyana India Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Liberia Malawi Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Micronesia Namibia New Zealand Nigeria Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Philippines Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago United Kingdom United States Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe Ok, so English is spoken in all these countries,but its not the native tongue in the majority, Singapore for example would have Chinese as a native tongue India definately has its own language rather than English and I presume all the African countries listed here would have spoken their own language before English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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