SACRE BLEU !!!
Spanish declined by just 44 percent.
These kids must be planning to vacation in Orlando and need to comprehend the local argot.
(Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News.")
SACRE BLEU !!!
On the other hand, French is very useful when you wish to surrender, stab peope in the back, or behave like a complete b*stard.
c'est bon, non?
At least Quebec will hold on to the French language long after it's dead everywhere else. And Quebec will insist that the rest of Canada remains bilingual or else it might really, actually, they mean it, secede.
Pardon my French.
I remember when I took a visit to the local high school when
I was in junior high. They had all the foreign language
teachers and their toadies trying to recruit people. I looked
at the Spanish guys in their ponchos and sombreros, and the
French guys in their striped shirts and lame berets, and made
my decision... I took Latin.
What wonderful news!
I'm going to sleep really good and happy tonight!
Will Canada drop French as well?
"There's good news tonight"
The real reason, why French is disappearing from our European classrooms is, that it is much more difficult to learn than the quite simple English. It is just the most convienient way with the lowest expenditure for pupils. BTW - like it or hate it - French and Italian are probably the most popular language in Europe because of their wonderful sound. Just like music. Not to compare with the heavy German or the harsh Slavic languages.
Of course it is nothing new that English has overtaken French or German as the world language since a long time. Contemporary kids need it as "the" communicationplatform in this world. Since all kids in Germany i.E. have to learn Engish from 6 years on it is normal to take French as a second language. But - O tempora! O mores! -The real looser in languages is Latin... Nobody wants to learn it anymore. :-(