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Vínculo permanente Respuesta de J Cruz Escalante el diciembre 7, 2010 a las 10:26am

Considero que más allá del orgullo nacional, lo que se impone en la sociedad del conocimiento que estamos construyendo se imponen situaciones globales, más allá de los negocios y la economía, es decir el código de intercambio cultural no es precisamente el de la lengua madre, sino en su caso, una que sea común denominador en un momento dado. Por tanto considero que no va el desarrollo de la una en detrimento de la otra, dicho de otro modo; habré de aprender mejor español para comunicarme con los míos, pero buen inglés para comunicarme con los otros...

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Vínculo permanente Respuesta de Lucio D. el diciembre 7, 2010 a las 2:07pm

J Cruz Escalante dijo: “dicho de otro modo; habré de aprender mejor español para comunicarme con los míos, pero buen inglés para comunicarme con los otros...”

Esto sería bilingüismo, aparentemente una etapa en la inexorable tendencia impuesta por las presentes tecnologías de las que estamos hablando. El número de personas bilingües en el mundo está creciendo exponencialmente.

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Vínculo permanente Respuesta de Patricia Perea Gonzalez el enero 17, 2011 a las 7:37pm

Buen dìa y feliz año a todos, considero que el ingles ha tenido auge en muchos paises pero los chinos han invadido todos los espacios del mundo porlo que considero que si los docentes no insistimos en realizar trabajos de investigaciòn y traducciòn del ingles a español, en poco tiempo estaremos en clases de chino, mandarìn etc, que aparte de dificil de escribir creo que es dificil de pronunciar pero ahì estaremos

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Vínculo permanente Respuesta de Desiree Langton el mayo 4, 2011 a las 11:11pm

Pido disculpas, pero no escribo en español bien.

I apologize for writing in English, but my written Spanish is not that good, and I do want to make a comment here.

I agree with the OP that the trend is that the English language is encroaching into non-English-speaking cultures, and it's quite likely to settle there. In the meantime, however, it will be a difficult period of transition for the adults who have to learn even the basics of the language.

I teach English as a second language, and when I started, I was surprised by how difficult it is for adult immigrants to make progress with it. So far, I haven't met anybody who came to the US as an adult and reached the point of speaking English without an accent.

The accent in itself is not the worst problem, though. Most have a tough time just getting started. Many quit within a short period of time. It's a real shame. English grammar is not that difficult, but the major problem is with basic pronunciation. It seems that those trying to learn the language get discouraged easily and slow down in their efforts instead of applying themselves more. I understand that most of these people, by virtue of their being adults, have jobs and maybe families, and that cuts into their time to study and practice.

If I had to give advice to those who are trying to learn English, that would be that dedication, practice and patience are key ingredients in the process of learning a new language as an adult.

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Vínculo permanente Respuesta de Lucio D. el mayo 24, 2011 a las 4:28pm

Desiree, as you may have gathered from my original post, and the one that followed, that the thrust of the idea I brought up is whether non-English-speaking cultures should embrace and adopt the new language, considering its undeniably increasing influence, or strive to preserve their current one. I am quite aware that adopting a new language, so to speak, has been done before, as it happened in my own culture when Italy decided to standardize their language and had to adopt one of the dialects spoken in the area to make it the national language. They decided to go with the one spoken in Tuscany, supposedly because it was that of Dante Alighieri. Of course, that wasn't difficult to achieve, inasmuch as the dialects involved were somewhat phonetically and grammatically related. This will not be the case for English, however, as for whatever neuromotor reasons, as it were, it is not that closely related to any other language. The closest language to English is German, but perhaps the best example that their relationship is not close enough is the way Henry Kissinger speaks. Obviously he is a smart guy, but still, after all of his years in the US, he hasn't been able to shake that German accent, to cite just one example. As for Spanish, the phonetic and grammatical gap is much wider, and that would make it particularly difficult for Spanish-speaking adults to adopt a language like English.

Another unresolved question is whether, regardless of the structural correlation among languages, cultural and historical pride would play a role in deciding how to take the infringement of a new language into a different culture.

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Vínculo permanente Respuesta de Desiree Langton el mayo 26, 2011 a las 12:28am

Can you elaborate on the concept of “neuromotor reasons”? I have the feeling that there is something truly interesting behind that.

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Vínculo permanente Respuesta de Lucio D. el mayo 26, 2011 a las 11:31pm

Simply put, that means the interaction between your neurons and the muscles controlling speech production.

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Vínculo permanente Respuesta de Desiree Langton el mayo 27, 2011 a las 11:43am

I know you’ve been doing research on that, and I’m interested in pursuing that line of inquiry, especially on how to improve that interaction in adults. I realize that this may fall outside the boundaries of this thread, so I’ll send you an e-mail, if you don’t mind.

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Vínculo permanente Respuesta de JORGE MANUEL CHAVEZ LINO el julio 3, 2011 a las 12:29pm

EL INGLES EN UN MUNDO NO MUY LEJANO SERA EL PRINCIPAL IDIOMA DE NUESTRO MUNDO .... EL EMPRESARIO, EL MEDICO, EL ARQUITECTO, ETC...... TODOS EN UN MUNDO NO MUY LEJANO TIENE QUE SABER INGLES.

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Vínculo permanente Respuesta de JORGE MANUEL CHAVEZ LINO el julio 3, 2011 a las 12:34pm

DO YOU SPEAKING ENGLISH?  MY ENGLISH IS A LITTER GOOD. I UNDERSTAND A LITTER , BUT I LIKE THE LANGUAGE ENGLISH.

 

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Vínculo permanente Respuesta de Sergio Bosio el julio 4, 2011 a las 7:32pm

Ni te imaginas lo mal que estoy por no saber Ingles, Cuantas oportunidades perdidas !

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Vínculo permanente Respuesta de Mª DEL MAR GALVÁN LÓPEZ el febrero 6, 2012 a las 8:05am

Hola soy Mª Del Mar y pienso que el ingles es un idioma muy importante porque nos permite , junto al castellano, poder comunicarnos  con la mayoria de los paises. El otro dia habia una noticia en España ,en la que decia que en la actualidad. en el que además del inglés .se ponia de moda otros idiomas: chino,arabe.....Eestamos en un momento en el que la formacion permanente es muy muy importante.

 

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