Re: Is there an optimal sequence for language acquisition?


Lee Sau Dan wrote:
> >>>>> "leuwarden" == leuwarden <leuwarden@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
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> 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.
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> 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.

of course

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> leuwarden> In Basel there were women from the Elsass who worked as
> leuwarden> household aids. They spoke partly French, partly Swiss
> leuwarden> dialect,
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> You mean Swiss-French? Or the Germanic language Elsässich (Alsacien)?

I cannot remember and I did not know they could be classified, but if
would have been more like Elsässisch
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> Lee Sau Dan
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