Re:It’s Hard to Learn French in Middle Age
by oblio on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @10:55AM
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> In my years of experience, the most likely outcome of speaking imperfect French is just that the French person switches to speaking perfect English
If they're from Canada, maybe [1]. If they're from France, a decent chunk of Wallonie (French-speaking Belgium) or Romandie (French-speaking Switzerland), I doubt it. France has one of the lowest rates of English proficiency among the other developed countries in Western Europe and I know that first hand.
[1] And the average French person wouldn't consider what the Quebecois speak as French :p
If they're from Canada, maybe [1]. If they're from France, a decent chunk of Wallonie (French-speaking Belgium) or Romandie (French-speaking Switzerland), I doubt it. France has one of the lowest rates of English proficiency among the other developed countries in Western Europe and I know that first hand.
[1] And the average French person wouldn't consider what the Quebecois speak as French :p