Should immigrants stop communicating in their first language

[ProudToBeMuslim]

http://www.yespakistan.com/forpakistan/urduroom.asp

 

[Tdol]

I see no reason why they should- learn the language of the country you are living in, but add it on to your mother tongue.;-)

 

[Red5]

No! Why ever should they stop?

PS - Good to see you here again, PTBM. ;-)

 

[Masfer]

re

I see no reason why they should- learn the language of the country you are living in, but add it on to your mother tongue

I don't know if I got you wrong. Do you mean immigrants don't have to learn the language of the country they are living in ?
I think this is totally necessary if they want to be part of the country/society. Of course, they should (and will) keep using their mother tongue but they should also learn the new language.

 

[Tdol]

The Home Secretary here suggested that they should stop speaking their mother tongue at home, which I don't agree with- learn the language of the country, but keep your own too.;-)

 

[ProudToBeMuslim]

No! Why ever should they stop?

PS - Good to see you here again, PTBM. ;-)

I am always here even in my absence.
Btw I send you mail about an English newsletter, did you get that?

 

[ProudToBeMuslim]

I was so angry by comments of few inconsiderate people who want that Urdu speaking immigrants should stop using Urdu, I don't understand what the problem they have with a Language.

 

[Masfer]

re

The Home Secretary here suggested that they should stop speaking their mother tongue at home, which I don't agree with- learn the language of the country, but keep your own too.

Ok. I agree with you but not with the British Home Secretary :wink:

 

[Tdol]

No one agrees with the British Home Secretary.;-)

 

[gonghai]

i live in canada and most people in canada speaks their mother language at home or at school sometimes. i am chinese and i hear a lot of people speaks cantonese or mandarin at school. canada is a mulicultural country, i have noticed also some commercials promote ppl speaking their mother language. for example fido, telus (huge phone company) hsbc and other bank too.

knowing how to speak a second language is important.

 

[Masfer]

i live in canada and most people in canada speaks their mother language at home or at school sometimes. i am chinese and i hear a lot of people speaks cantonese or mandarin at school. canada is a mulicultural country, i have noticed also some commercials promote ppl speaking their mother language. for example fido, telus (huge phone company) hsbc and other bank too.

knowing how to speak a second language is important.

My girlfriend and I would like to live in Canada for a while, in the English-Speaking part Where do you live in Canada ?

 

[gonghai]

i live in canada and most people in canada speaks their mother language at home or at school sometimes. i am chinese and i hear a lot of people speaks cantonese or mandarin at school. canada is a mulicultural country, i have noticed also some commercials promote ppl speaking their mother language. for example fido, telus (huge phone company) hsbc and other bank too.

knowing how to speak a second language is important.

My girlfriend and I would like to live in Canada for a while, in the English-Speaking part Where do you live in Canada ?

i live in vancouver BC

 

[Masfer]

I live in vancouver BC

mmm, Vancouver has to be very nice
I hope I can visit Canada soon.

 

[turkish_girl]

ı thınk they can t stop.there ıs no need when speakıng each other.but ı agree that they should speak the language whıch ıs spoken ın theır new place.ı thınk you have to be change accordıng to the place you went.but nevertheless;nobody forget theır own culture and language

 

[rewboss]

I notice the wording of the question: "Should immigrants stop communicating in their first language in USA?"

I don't see why they shouldn't use their own language at home in any country, but the US doesn't even have an official language. I'm sure some lawyer could find a way to make the First Amendment mean that everyone has the right to speak whichever language they please at any time -- not its intended purpose -- but it's hardly necessary. Nobody is compelled in the US to speak any one particular language, although you would benefit greatly from speaking English or, in some areas, Spanish.

 

[pidr1nhu]

i think that once you're in a new country...you need to use each moment to learn the country language and familiarize yourself with it....and it would be more wise to use your mother tongue just at home or at private places...

 

[Koka]

I think they are be an immigrants to improve their economic satiation or anther reasons not change their roots and they have to learn the language of the country they live on …

 

[marchwind]

Being able to speak two( or more) languages is enriching. I totally agree with people conserving their mother tongue at home ( I did) but don't agree with those who go to a country and don't learn the language of the host country. You can't move to a country and expect the country to change its ways to accomodate you, it should be the other way around, or a mutual thing. Learning the language is definitely a key to success, speaking the mother tongue a way of preserving cultural identity- but the two shouldn't exclude each other.

 

[matilda]

i think imigrants should learn and perform the target language and culture for communicating in spociety and perform his own culture at home or when they are when they are wuth people of their own country.

 

[scarlet_pimpernel]

Of course immigrants must adjust but it isn't necassary to stop talking in their mother tongue.