[lg policy] English Too Easy for Hungarians

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


Wall Street Journal



English Too Easy for Hungarians



Hungary’s government wants to dethrone English as the most common
foreign language taught in Hungarian schools. The reason: It’s just
too easy to learn.



“It is fortunate if the first foreign language learned is not English.
The initial, very quick and spectacular successes of English learning
may evoke the false image in students that learning any foreign
language is that simple,” reads a draft bill obtained by news website
Origo.hu that would amend Hungary’s education laws.



Full story:

http://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2011/08/18/english-too-easy-for-hungarians/

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