Re:France, Spain, and Italy’s English skills are on the decl...
by mettamage on Thursday December 05, 2019 @09:41PM
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N = 1 here
I'm Dutch and have a close friend who's Hungarian. His English is as good as mine. The only impression I got is that he needed to actively seek out opportunities to speak English whereas in The Netherlands you're bombarded with opportunities.
I do think it helps a bit though, but it's easily trumped by opportunity itself.
I'm Dutch and have a close friend who's Hungarian. His English is as good as mine. The only impression I got is that he needed to actively seek out opportunities to speak English whereas in The Netherlands you're bombarded with opportunities.
I do think it helps a bit though, but it's easily trumped by opportunity itself.