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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 783751" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>Having thought about it for the first time in my life right now I'd have to agree with Rats. Studying French as part of my degree has introduced me to many French people who have a perfect command of English, and some of whom who have had since a young age. Yet it's quite clear that English is not their first language due to the accent and the way they pronounce certain sounds or in some cases small grammatical errors. Far more obvious than extended family I have from Holland or even German English speakers. The language and accent allows them to sound more natural speaking English, education would obviously help but surely it would affect the fluency rate in said nations far more than the accent and rhythm in which they speak English. But the structure and tone of the language will certainly play a part in how well someone adapts to another language, again through studying French it's obvious to me, I have to speak French with my best French accent, I'd be incomprehensible in my own accent and it doesn't come naturally one bit, friends studying German struggle less with the accent as far as I can tell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 783751, member: 45598"] Having thought about it for the first time in my life right now I'd have to agree with Rats. Studying French as part of my degree has introduced me to many French people who have a perfect command of English, and some of whom who have had since a young age. Yet it's quite clear that English is not their first language due to the accent and the way they pronounce certain sounds or in some cases small grammatical errors. Far more obvious than extended family I have from Holland or even German English speakers. The language and accent allows them to sound more natural speaking English, education would obviously help but surely it would affect the fluency rate in said nations far more than the accent and rhythm in which they speak English. But the structure and tone of the language will certainly play a part in how well someone adapts to another language, again through studying French it's obvious to me, I have to speak French with my best French accent, I'd be incomprehensible in my own accent and it doesn't come naturally one bit, friends studying German struggle less with the accent as far as I can tell. [/QUOTE]
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