Re: Is there an optimal sequence for language acquisition?

>>>>> "leuwarden" == leuwarden <leuwarden@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

leuwarden> That was probably an answer to another paragraph. Of
leuwarden> course the Swiss that work abroad will speak at least
leuwarden> two languages. English is not one of the official
leuwarden> languages, though.

But not every country or every job requires foreigners to speak
English. A Basler working in Weil am Rhein (DE) or Mulhouse (FR), a
Geneve resident working in France, or a Lugano person working in
Milano (I) could do well without knowing English at all.



leuwarden> In Basel there were women from the Elsass who worked as
leuwarden> household aids. They spoke partly French, partly Swiss
leuwarden> dialect,

You mean Swiss-French? Or the Germanic language Elsässich (Alsacien)?




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