tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post5028178332387180969..comments2023-12-17T20:57:01.830-08:00Comments on The Worldwide Decline of French: St. Louis Park schools are considering eliminating FrenchUnfrench Frenchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386601400469615noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-63977917228758262632008-11-18T16:38:00.000-08:002008-11-18T16:38:00.000-08:00It seems every time I think there is a useful comm...It seems every time I think there is a useful comment posted on this blog, I instead find it is just this Esperanto-monger. <BR/><BR/>My personal opinion is that only about 10% of US students should be taught a foreign language. Most US students will never leave their own country, even just for a vacation, and will therefore never have the need for a foreign language. <BR/><BR/>Also, we need to raise the level of English education here, and teaching a foreign language just distracts from that goal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-82806355750416350202008-11-10T20:14:00.000-08:002008-11-10T20:14:00.000-08:00So it took Esperanto about 120 years to make it in...So it took Esperanto about 120 years to make it into the top ten (provided you believe the most optimistic numbers)? Even Quechua has more speakers. People don't learn a foreign language because it is simple or regular but because it is useful. And what makes such a foreign language useful to learn is the fact that many people already speak it, or at least many of the people that count.<BR/><BR/>As such even French is a better candidate for a global language than your beloved Esperanto.Unfrench Frenchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386601400469615noreply@blogger.com