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Old 08-Jun-2003, 18:37
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Originally Posted by guofei_ma
I wonder why the majority of Mexicans cannot speak English semi-fluently- perhaps it is lack of education in English, which either means that Mexico is too poor to offer free and compulsory public education or has not mandated English classes in schools.
Why would Mexico be any different from any other non-English speaking country?

As far as I'm aware Mexico does have a compulsory public education system. Whether English is mandated or not I've no idea; I would guess so.

I studied French at school - it was mandated - do I speak any French now. Non!

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