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Do you think that French and English are still competing against one another, as languages? How?

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Question added by Lalia Boukhers , Contracts Manager , Ooredoo
Date Posted: 2017/05/03
MOHAMMED MOHSIN SAIYED
by MOHAMMED MOHSIN SAIYED , Ministry of Health Al Baha Saudi arabia , General Dentist .Ministry of Health

No. English is easier than French in grammer and pronunciation.

Chouaib Kazi Tani
by Chouaib Kazi Tani , Teaching French , LRDG

I don't think that French and English compet against each other. Each one has its own specificities. The charming part is: Accent, prononciation and the way to talk.

Ahmad Rabea Abdu
by Ahmad Rabea Abdu , Freelance English & Arabic Teacher , Freelance

I don't think so.

English prevails due to industries developmendt rapidly in English speaking countries and French language role is diminshed

harrish jugon
by harrish jugon , instructor , Harrishjugon & Partners

nglish is the dominant language.

That’s an indisputable fact.

But I Think French language too is  important nowadays

because If You don't speak & Write French, 

you won't be able to learn and share your experience to others on any international level or platform..

Yahya Hassan
by Yahya Hassan , Computer Accountant , Ahmed Bacolight

No,i don't think that there is comperison between English and German Language Now a days..

Asmaa Mohamad Abd El- Fattah Badr
by Asmaa Mohamad Abd El- Fattah Badr , English Editor/ Translator , KSAEzz

No

French language was bulit derectlly after The Girmanian language, and English language brunched from it.

But competing against and between them had no clue from the first place, because they are not really the same in everything.

ABDALLAH LAGHOUATI
by ABDALLAH LAGHOUATI , french teacher , A.V.E.C

Yes i think so , because of economicals and politicals reasons and as meaning to shine their history and civilisation and valours in different countries.

Nassuna NDZENGE lucia
by Nassuna NDZENGE lucia , Course Instructor , University of Yaounde I

Coming from a bilingual (English/French) and multicultural  background, depending on the context in which they find themselves, some degree of competition is noticed at the linguistic levels.In my experience of working within the hearing impaired community,i have seen many challenges during the introduction of British sign langage and French sign languages to learners in the same environment and the results have been a confusing use of both  sign languages which has kept  a large majority of the learners backwards in the different contexts.Looking at both languages on the international context, i think that Enlglish and French do not compete because English is termed the language of business.  Meaning it is wildly used all over the world.   

Nehal Hussein
by Nehal Hussein , Accountant , Mohamed Nour Optics

Yes

And I Think English is more important than french Nowaday Cause If You don't speak & Write english at least good you won't be hired in any international organization

Intissar Bendjabellah
by Intissar Bendjabellah , Enseigante de langue et de littérature française , Université Constantine 01

Je ne pense que les langues sont au dessus de la concurrence, concept purement commercial. Les langues sont une ouverture sur le monde et le meilleur canal vers la tolérence. Une langue représente une culture et une civilisation, maitriser une nouvelle langue revient à acquérir une nouvelle vision du monde.

If you don’t speak and especially write English fluently you will not be hired in an international organization or you will not be able to prosper in it. Let’s recognize that in this very point in human history, English is the dominant language. Nothing lasts forever. Tomorrow it may be Spanish and a few hundred years later Arabic. But today it’s English. That’s an indisputable fact.

Here are some interesting statistics:

- At the last U.N. General Assembly session, only of speakers gave speeches wholly in French, while another five countries used French in part of their speeches.

- The English-language U.N. news site received, page views last month, the French,. 

- The U.N. twitter accounts in French had, followers; the English account has1.5 million. 

- It is rare to see an internal U.N. memo written in French or even a cable coming from a peacekeeping mission.

- In Geneva, the European headquarters of the United Nations, it is no longer necessary to speak French to work for the world body as was the case a decade ago.

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