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Should foreigners learn English in China?

You should study, after all, many countries use English, so you should learn English well while learning Chinese.

There are thousands of languages in the world, 1 more than 40 languages,1more than ten thousand people. Chinese is the most widely used language in the world, so it is one of the six working languages designated by the United Nations. However, Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family which is the most difficult to learn, while English is the most widely used language and the European language family which is relatively easy to learn. From the difficulty coefficient of this point, we can think that we are taking care of foreign friends. After all, it may be really difficult for them to learn Chinese.

Another reason may be China's studious tradition. From the Qing Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the feudal society, which suffered losses, broke the mode of behind closed doors and began to study crazily. Most of the enthusiastic young people in the May 4th Movement were intellectuals who had studied abroad. Our country's respect for knowledge and talents also resulted in respect for foreign cultures and languages.

In addition, in the 40 years since the reform and opening up, China has gone through more than 300 years of development in the West. Leap-forward development is inseparable from our study of English. By learning English, we refer to and learn from the development process of the West. The exchange of material, culture, politics and trade has led to our demand for English learning.

In recent years, great changes have taken place in the world structure, and China has become the world's vanguard, and its appeal is getting stronger and stronger. More international friends want to know more about China. With the opening of Confucius Institute, the spread of China culture has blossomed all over the world. However, we still maintain the mode of learning English and getting along well with foreign friends. On the one hand, it is our traditional virtue, on the other hand, it is also influenced by world cultural and political factors.