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ASithLord7 posted...

I don't give a fuck about expats, the discussion was about the most difficult language, and reading and writing are absolutely a part of a learning a language. And for "expats" actually living and working in a country and trying to learn a language, those are essential.

Yeah, my job is almost entirely in Japanese. All paperwork, e-mails, and most meetings happen in Japanese. I use English in a dual language class I teach (I lecture in both English and Japanese on the same material, once in one language, then in the other).

I have no idea where he is getting the everyone but FSI backs that up. I have never heard of a credible organization involved in language learning that doesn't teach reading and writing. I don't even understand how someone could learn to speak Japanese but not at least read it. Almost all the best learning materials are books or other written sources. And most people who learned Japanese find it easier to read than speak or listen (this is true for most second languages). I certainly find Chinese incredibly easy to read, and would wonder why someone would learn to speak it but not read it when the system isn't bad for the language and China has very poor English language signage (when it even exists).

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