Helloeveryone,andwelcomebacktoBritainUndertheMicroscope,ouradvancedepisode.
Onlanguages.
ImeantheUKisaverymulticulturalcountry,especiallyifyouliveinLondon,youboundtobumpintolotsofpeoplewithawidevarietyofnativelanguages.
Yeah.WhatdoyouthinkaresomeofthemostpopularorsomeofthemostwidelyspokenlanguagesintheUKthatarenotEnglishornativelanguages
Yes,Frenchisrelativelywidelyspokenbutnotasmuchastheselanguagesthelanguagesactuallyare...thefirstoneisPolish.
噢，波兰语,ok,yes,thatis…atleastbeforeBrexit,whenIwasintheUKIdidnoticealotofPolishpeople.
Yep.
YouhavealotofPolishimmigrantsorjustworkers.
Yeah,soyouhavePolish.ThenyouhavePunjabi.
PunjabistheIndianlanguage,Pakistanilanguage
Yes,itcomesfromthePunjabregionofIndiaPakistan;soit’sanorthernlanguage.YoualsohaveGujarati.
SoundsalsoIndian.
Yes,GujaratiisfromtheareaaroundMumbai.
SowesternIndia,thenyouhaveHindustani,soHindi,Urdu,andalsoBengali.
SolotsofIndianlanguages,lotsofdifferentregionalIndianlanguages.
LotsofIndianlanguages,yeah.
Yeah,IrememberwhenIwasatschool,IcouldhavelearnedafewwordsofPunjabi,Hindi,Gujarati,butIwasakid,sotheyweremostlyswearwords,relativelyrudewords.
Wearenotoriouslybadatlearningforeignlanguages.
Exactly.
EspeciallyifyouthinkaboutsomecentralwesternEuropeancountriesthataresmaller,itissocommonforthemtospeak3,4languagesfluently.
FlawlessEnglish,yes,becauseofthattheirownlanguageDutchisactuallyfacingsomechallengesbecauseyouhaveyoungDutchkidsspeakingEnglishamongthemselves.
Yeah,sothisiswhereitallcomesfromintheUK,becauseessentiallyweknowthatwecangetbywithEnglish.
Iwouldsaythereasonswhywelearnlanguagesareoneinterest.
Communicate.
Andcommunicate,andmostcasesyoucommunicateinordertobeabletoearnmoney.
Toearnmoneytodothings
Exactly
LanguagesarecompulsoryinprettymuchallschoolsintheUKtoacertaindegree.
Iremember安澜youlearnedGerman,right
Yep,thatwasmylanguage.
WhydidyouchooseGerman
Typical.
Secondofall,IactuallylikedGerman,Istilldo.IwishI’vekeptupwithGermanbecauseI’veforgottensomuch,becauseIdolikewatchingGermanTVshowsandGermanfilmsandthingslikethat.
Interestisreallythemostimportantthing.
ButIrememberwhenIwasatschool,IactuallyaskcanIlearnFrenchandGermanAndtheysaidtomeno,itwastoodifficultwhichisashamebecauseIwouldreallylovetostudyboth.
Thankyou.
Isitlikepeopleinhigherclassesthatinexpensiveprivateschoolstheytendtolearn.
Yes,publicschoolstheywouldactuallyoffermoreLatinandGreek.
Letmeremindpeoplebecause安澜justsaidpublicschools,butrememberintheUKpublicschoolsactuallyarevery,very,veryexpensiveandexclusiveprivateschools.
Yes.
SoyouhavestateschoolsandthenprivateschoolsandthenpublicschoolslikeEatonorHarold.
Iwenttoastateschool,Iwenttoacomprehensive.
No.AsIsayIhadtolearnit.IlearneditbecauseofinterestandIlearntLatinforIGCSEbecauseIthenwentontostudyLatinGreekUniversity.
(IGCSE是InternationalGeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducation，是国外14岁至16岁全世界考试最多人数的体系之一，是CIE（CambridgeInternationalexamination）剑桥全球测试的一部分。)
IappliedforOxford.AndtheydidactuallytestmeonLatinandGreek.
Isee,that…
IwasactuallyapplyingforLatinandGreeks.
OK,sothatexplains.
It’snot…IwasstudyingBiologyorsomethinglikethat.
Allright.
Poshthing
AlotofBritishpeopledoactuallyspeakwhatiscalledschoolboyFrench.
Iunderstandthat,theideaofschoolboyFrenchisperhapsjustlikepoppingoutFrenchwordsbeingabletocursealittlebitinFrench,andalsobeingabletoordersomefoodinFrench.
Yeah,sojustunder1/4UKpopulationcanspeakandunderstandsomedegreeofFrench.
ButwithBritishaccent.
Well,withBritishaccent,it’ssomethingthatwefeelembarrassed.MostBritishpeoplefeelveryembarrassedspeakingFrench.
Yeah,butthenagain,alsoFrenchpeopledospeaksomedegreeofEnglishaswell.
Theywouldbedoingthesame.
Yeah.
Yes,thegovernmentisactuallyencouragingstudyinmorelanguagessuchasChinese,Arabic,thelanguagesthatwereneverreallytraditionallytaught.
SoforexampletherearesomeschoolsarenowofferingChineseasIGCSE.Unfortunately,thoughthenumberofstudentsstudyinacollegeoruniversity,soatahigherlevel,isactuallydecliningalittlebit,whichisashame.
Itisashame,butImeantodevoteyourentireuniversitydaystolearnalanguagethatisparticularlydifficult.Itreallytakesdevotionandsortoflikedetermination.
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Findingthingstododuringthelockdown.
Exactly,andlanguagelearningappsarebecomingmorepopular.
SoSpanish,FrenchandChineseareamongthemostpopular.
Andalso,becauseofSquidGames,Koreanisbecomingmorepopular.