Why is that a problem though? Should people in an arbitrary country need to learn English?
Also, could you provide a source for the fact that English literacy rates are actually decreasing? I find that difficult to believe.
Also, could you provide a source for the fact that English literacy rates are actually decreasing? I find that difficult to believe.
I didn't say the English literacy rates are decreasing, I'm simply stating that they speak a whole more English in the north than in the south as far as young people go and it generally surprises me how bad English among young people here is. Is it because while they do learn English in schools, they don't practice it enough? Certainly can't be the case in Barcelona, right?
And as I understand it, it's improving. Catalonia's fortunate in that most people are bilingual to begin with, which is known to ease the introduction of other languages considerably.