Comments on: Debating Grammar Pt. 3: grammar vs. Grammar” http://www.chipanglish.com/grammar/debate_ug/ Blogging semi-coherently in Chinese, Japanese, and English Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brian Barker http://www.chipanglish.com/grammar/debate_ug/#comment-61 Brian Barker Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:24:31 +0000 http://www.chipanglish.com/?p=237#comment-61 I think the World needs a spoken lingua franca as well. I notice that Barack Obama wants everyone to learn another language, but which one should it be? The British learn French, the Australians study Japanese, and the Americans prefer Spanish. Yet this leaves both Mandarin Chinese and Arabic out of the equation. Why not decide on a neutral non-national language, taught worldwide, in all nations? An interesting video can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LV9XU Evidence can be seen at http://www.lernu.net I think the World needs a spoken lingua franca as well.

I notice that Barack Obama wants everyone to learn another language, but which one should it be? The British learn French, the Australians study Japanese, and the Americans prefer Spanish. Yet this leaves both Mandarin Chinese and Arabic out of the equation.

Why not decide on a neutral non-national language, taught worldwide, in all nations?

An interesting video can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LV9XU

Evidence can be seen at http://www.lernu.net

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