In your opinion what is the most important language for an English speaker to le

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  1. hrymel profile image80
    hrymelposted 12 years ago

    In your opinion what is the most important language for an English speaker to learn?

  2. Larchinski profile image68
    Larchinskiposted 12 years ago

    Probably Spanish but any language is cool.

  3. Borsia profile image41
    Borsiaposted 12 years ago

    Many need to learn English. Proper English is fading fast in the US.
    I would say that the next depends somewhat on where you are.
    Spanish is a good second language. Another would be Mandarin as much of Asia understands it.
    But it tends to be regional, Russian is understood by most of Eastern Europe as well as parts of Asia.

  4. whoisbid profile image61
    whoisbidposted 12 years ago

    I wrote about this. if you don't like a culture it might be more difficult to learn their language http://whoisbid.hubpages.com/hub/The-ea … guage-fast

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    msivakumarposted 12 years ago

    It depends. As the universal language, English is sufficient. If an English native is in other country, perhaps learning the local language will be good.

    More than the language it is understanding of other countries culture and realities that is matter, especially local knowledge.

    Say for example, Mandarin - At best it is a local language and not Asia wide. In India itself there are 26 languages with 10 major languages. Spanish will not cut in Asian countries. In Gulf, once can manage with broken English and Hindi/Urdu. In Singapore and Malaysia one can survive without bothering about local language.

  6. Wesman Todd Shaw profile image82
    Wesman Todd Shawposted 12 years ago

    Well, the answer to that would depend entirely upon where said English speaker lived.

    If you live in the US....then it would be Spanish.  If you lived in Canada - probably French.

    If you lived in Australia, Japanese or Chinese would be grand.

    England?  How about French or German.

  7. Seek-n-Find profile image70
    Seek-n-Findposted 12 years ago

    The language of love.  The language of communication.  The language of laughter.  The language of honesty, humility, and kindness.  After that, Spanish.  :-)

  8. Faceless39 profile image94
    Faceless39posted 12 years ago

    Frankly speaking, their own language; English.  As a grammarian and editor I've found that many people cannot speak or write their own language in a meaningful and intelligible way.  Language conveys our thoughts, so we should work on it each day to try to ensure we're expressing ourselves the way we wish to.

  9. Dave Mathews profile image60
    Dave Mathewsposted 12 years ago

    ENGLISH OF COURSE AND THEN MANDARIN CHINESE.

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    wilbury4posted 12 years ago

    Us English are 'bloody' ignorant where language is concerned... we expect everyone to speak our language... we go on holidays to Spain, Greece, France etc etc and expect those in their own country to speak to us in English... shame on us.
    I am trying to learn Arabic (Egyptian Arabic), just speech for now as I don't think I could ever learn to read and write it, but who knows? One can only try!

  11. Beth Pipe profile image72
    Beth Pipeposted 12 years ago

    In the UK French or German are probably the most popular foreign languages to learn, with the whole of Europe on our doorstep you need to be able to understand one or two of the top 3 if you're going to travel much.

    I'm learning Italian.  Well I'm trying to.  It's a pesky language with lots of things to trip you up - but I do enjoy a challenge!

  12. Jonesy0311 profile image60
    Jonesy0311posted 12 years ago

    I live in a Border State, so I would have to say Spanish. It is also a good language to start with since it is quite easy for English speakers to pick up on. After that, you can get into the more challenging ones.

  13. roknrobn64 profile image59
    roknrobn64posted 12 years ago

    It doesn't make a difference what other language one chooses to learn. The most important thing is your motive or reason for learning it. If it is for the right motive, it will aid one to stick with it until their goal is acheived. Most of the time when people learn a foreign language in school, the goal is to get a good grade or to pass a test. If your goal is to become a fluent speaker, then you will endeavor to use and practice the language as much as possible especially since we live in an English speaking country.

 
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