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[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm French and foreign languages are one of my hobbies. I'm proficient in English and Spanish. I can at a lower level speak some Russian, German, Czech, and Italian.

Imho the fault lies in our education system which puts a heavy accent on STEM studies and tends to treat anything outside of that as lesser subjects.

Also from anecdotal evidence the younger generations are quite better than the older ones.

[–] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Exactly how heavy is the accent? And are we talking parisian or quebecois?

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

I stayed at an AirBnb let by a lovely couple a few years back. It's mostly a meme with just a kernel of anecdotal truth.