Growing up in post-communist Romania – thoughts on learning English

Re:Growing up in post-communist Romania – thoughts on learni... by amaccuish on Friday August 30, 2019 @07:30PM (#20843657)

Hmm. I'm gonna disagree here and say that the majority of Germans I've met speak great English. I however will caveat this with the fact that I'm 22 and it may be a generational thing. I am aware that if I go out into the sticks in Germany, I will be 100% speaking German since it seems to me the more rural I go the less English is spoken.

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Re:Growing up in post-communist Romania – thoughts on learni... by klingonopera on Saturday August 31, 2019 @12:16PM (#20847203)

People in rural areas, no matter which country, will almost always be worse off in speaking a foreign language than their urban counterparts.

I agree it is a generational thing, and I believe this does have a lot to do with the Internet and the "international culture" it promotes.

Have you compared some European countries in your age category? It's true that 22-year-old Germans speak English well, but a similarly aged person from Romania, Poland, Denmark or Albania will almost certainly still be better at English than the German.

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