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Originally posted by Joe Sixpack
Most Aussies only speak English. Although these days kids at primary school get more of a chance to start picking up the basics of another language than I did at primary school in the 1970's. Australia borders no other country and this is the heart of the problem. When you share no borders with people who speak other languages what's the point of learning a foreign language?
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the point is the amount of business we do with Japan..
although the main reason why I learnt a little german is because of my family heritage... but i've lost most of it unfortunately..