Kevin Schurig
2007-11-30 07:42:32
I can confirm first hand the need for immersion. I took 3 years of Spanish in high school, my last year the instructor was actually from Spain, in fact was moving back b/c of hubby’s work. To this day I can’t speak a lick of spanish. Sure, I can ask where the bathroom is and for another beer, ok important, but it hardly classifies as being fluent. If you have to learn a language and do not use it on a constant basis, especially if you live in a foreign nation, you are never going to be proficient. Language can be a very powerful unifying force and english should be the official language for this country for business and government.
