Isaac Sechslingloff
Enseignant professionnelIs Chinese the language of the future?
I don't see Chinese displacing English as a global language but I do have an intense feeling that China, and therefore Chinese will hold a lot more significance going forward.
Politically its always on the news but to a less appreciated aspect its been being increasingly tied to daily lives of people throughout the world. I have known many people from African countries and Post-Soviet countries who find prospect in learning Chinese and increasing their financial situations through China.
Right now China despite the pandemic is a great deal more stable than other major countries, going into a recession possibly there may be further shifts for oppurtunity and business with learning Chinese in the near future.
18 juil. 2020 06:25
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I think Chinese/Cantonese/Mandarin will be an important one(s) definitely!If the human race can stay peaceful, China will probably begin to dominate the world economically, especially since they are buying up real estate all over the world to mine resources etc. (especially in Africa). This is a scary thought though, because the vast and hungry machine that is China has a big appetite and there are a lot of worrying things going on in China right now.
That aside, Chinese foreign nationals are in every country and they have a beautiful traditional culture. I think it is safe to assume there will be more spread throughout the world in the near future, leading to more cities like Vancouver with high "Asian" populations.
Chinese/Mandarin/Cantonese is very hard to learn though, the complex alphabet and wording further complicates an already complex speaking language system, therefore I put my bets on Esperanto being the language of the future. Young learners in the UK and other countries already learn it in school and they have had spectacular results in cognitive and learning skills (not only in Languages, but in maths as well!). Esperanto is also very easy to learn and it is offered on various apps and platforms - it is also a subtitle option on Youtube!
18 juillet 2020
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There are 400 million Chinese studying English and China has more English learners than the U.S. has English speakers. Ok, that should settle it, the global language de facto will never be Chinese. But wait a second. The reason there are so many English speakers globally is that colonizers spread English far and wide. As innovation continues to spread as well, so to does the influence of the strongest market and the biggest presence.
The dichotomy is changing, however. No one will argue that business is booming in China and the purchasing power of their citizens is massive. Globalization is dictating that companies are beginning to desperately search for ways to break into the market there.
So,It will slowly grow to English
18 juillet 2020
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No. The writing system is terrible from a learner perspective.
Let's see how the world responds to China post-covid. There are many nations unhappy with China about their actions in the early days of the pandemic, so certainly the global political landscape is going to change. That will likely have an impact on people's movitations and desire to study Chinese.
English will not be replaced. Too many people use it as a lingua franca, and most countries around the world are just not set up within their school systems to teach any other language on a major scale.
18 juillet 2020
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I have said previously that I think English will be less used in the future. I think more people will be multilingual, but will prefer a language besides English.
18 juillet 2020
@Lyndon is Esperanto still catching on? I knew it had some success before but I had no idea it was being taught in schools. That is really interesting
18 juillet 2020
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Isaac Sechslingloff
Compétences linguistiques
Anglais, Kazakh, Russe
Langue étudiée
Kazakh, Russe
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