May 2, 2015
ALONG THE ANGLOSPHERE:
Why are proud Hungarians mastering English? Simple pragmatism. : Hungarians and other Central Europeans are mastering English at a much greater clip than many of their continental peers (Sara Miller Llana, Staff writer MAY 2, 2015, CS Monitor)
David Nagy works on the ground floor café of a multinational bank in Budapest, where English is often the language of office-place banter.He's hoping to prime his own English skills for a future job search. Plus he likes American movies."I have met many Italians who don't want to learn English because they 'must' speak Italian," says the 25-year-old barista, fluttering his hands in mock outrage at speaking English.His utter lack of pretension about Hungarian, on the other hand, is one of the driving reasons why Central Europeans have mastered English at a much greater clip than some of their lagging Western European peers.
Posted by Orrin Judd at May 2, 2015 7:34 AM
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