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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious whether the people who think learning Chinese is a fad are multilingual.  I speak 5 languages plus a bit of a 6th, and none of my decisions to learn them were driven by what I perceived to be popular or by other people's opinions.  Two were learned for work, one because it happens to be my heritage language and my older siblings speak it, and one because my fiancé speaks it.

The snarky pat of me thinks that this "fad" talk is defensiveness by monolingual people, but I have no basis for that. So fad people - how many languages do you speak?[/quote]

I speak five languages, my children only speak three. My husband and I send our children to an immersion charter and a heritage school (not Chinese) on the weekend. Most educated people I know think Chinese is a total fad.  Sorry Heritage Dad. I'm sure grandma will be impressed with your children's accents, but no one else is going to care.

By the way, if people are looking for a fantastic Chinese speaker of whatever dialect, there are literally millions of Chinese native speakers who speak perfect English and are happy to come here for much less money than Americans would want. Most of them are educated in American or European colleges too. So really, it makes no sense if you're trying to be competitive in the marketplace.

Hope grandma is happy. [/quote]

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