why the French don’t speak English

People often think the French are snobby and only want to speak their language.

A lot of people have the misconception that the French do not want to ever learn or speak English. This can easily be mistaken as impolite and unfriendly. But the French boy has a different take on it - from a French perspective. The French love their language so much and take great pride in it. And because they love their language so much, they are scared of sounding bad in another language, like English.

I know that when I was in France over christmas, I would dare not speak it sometimes because I thought my French was bad, and it was a matter of self-confidence.

The other thing I think is that some people go to France and expect them to speak English rather than their native language - we can’t really expect that.

Additionally, there has never been a huge emphasis on the French learning English until recently as French President Nicolas Sarkozy has put more emphasis on learning English.

So things may be changing. Stay tuned.

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