English as a measure of INTELLIGENCE...

seribulan · Post time 11-4-2017 01:03 PM

Edited by seribulan at 12-12-2017 09:12 PM

Your take on this?

akuperatijee · Post time 11-4-2017 01:50 PM

1. Agree

Not all people who can speak English is educated or intelligent. Foreign countries where English is not their first language may find it hard to speak English but that doesn't mean that they aren't intelligent.

akuperatijee · Post time 11-4-2017 01:56 PM

I am not saying English is not needed. Neither am I vilifying the language. What I am saying is that English is not work, English is not leadership, English is not development and English is not a measure of intelligence. English is simply a language. That is what it is, a language!

Daniel Likius

akuperatijee · Post time 11-4-2017 01:58 PM

Anyway, I’m almost ready to step off my soap box now. But if there’s anyone out there reading this who thinks that person “sounds stupid” because they don’t speak “proper” English (whatever that is…), I challenge you to stop listening to their words and start listening to their IDEAS. You never know, they may just be smarter than you…

To all the people out there who speak English as a second language: You are AMAZING. You are brilliant! I am in awe of you. I have tried, and failed, many times to learn one of the other many beautiful languages in this world. But you didn’t just try–you succeeded. Heck, some of you speak English better than I do! That impresses the hell out of me. Please keep sharing your ideas with the world in any language you so choose. We need you.

Rebecca Hamilton

akuperatijee · Post time 11-4-2017 02:01 PM

English and intelligence are two different variables; English is a language and it is part of a specific linguistic and lexical system whereas intellect is generally abstract and can be exhibited through any language or lexical systems of any choice, intellect is innate, English not innate and it is learned.

Tomas Kaapanda

akuperatijee · Post time 11-4-2017 02:05 PM

vanillaninja · Post time 12-4-2017 05:29 PM

Yes, I somehow agree.

Walaupun tak pandai berbahasa Inggeris tu tak semestinya bermaksud seseorang tu tak bijak, but kita tak boleh nafikan yang English is often the nominated language to use in many industries and used by mostly highly educated professionals.

missselfridge · Post time 12-4-2017 06:21 PM

Agreed..no doubt

sosempoi · Post time 14-4-2017 05:25 PM

Agree!
Kenal ramai yg tak boleh bertutur in english tapi mak aih punya la pandai.

English is definitely an important language and to go far in this world today- it's a plus.

Castorsugar · Post time 15-4-2017 08:16 PM

Edited by Castorsugar at 15-4-2017 08:17 PM

DisAgreed..not all pple who cnt speak english is not smart but not all pple who can speak english is smart..so u hve to be balnced in both in ordr to srvive in this chlngng envrnment nwadys.

AryaRose · Post time 15-4-2017 11:15 PM

It is a mere language. so, nope . we dont call people ' tak cerdik ' kalau depa cant speak . Period.

cheergirlz · Post time 16-4-2017 03:18 PM

to be intelligent is to know not to make fun of those who are may be different from us but no less smart.

cheergirlz · Post time 16-4-2017 03:23 PM

akuperatijee replied at 11-4-2017 01:50 PM
1. Agree

Not all people who can speak English is educated or intelligent. Foreign countries where ...

yup..cannot called them "un-smart" just because based on their vocabulary

DyBBora2 · Post time 16-4-2017 09:51 PM

Hmmmm...i've read the article b4 about whoever can speak/understand more than two languages intends to be smarter than others. But, how about japanese, korean, german or russian etc. They're smart enough even they dont know how to communicate in english. Some of them are smarter than people who can speak english as their 2nd language.

So...mythbusted