Do you think that she works at an American Chinese food joint? She’s an highly ranked politician, of course she knows English. Better than you and me both, probably.
That’s too presumptuous. Not everyone can learn English proficiently, especially those from East Asia because of completely different characteristics and structures between European languages and East Asian languages.
And? Not many people would find it easy to learn a new language regardless of the internationality of any particular language. It sounds like ethnocentrism to presume everyone can speak the English language.
Do you think that she works at an American Chinese food joint? She’s an highly ranked politician, of course she knows English. Better than you and me both, probably.
It makes sense she would but many international ceos don’t speak English so it’s not a given. I’d rather know then assume.
I mean, look up the current PM Sanae Takaichi speaking English. It’s functional, but… not good.
That’s not obvious, first ladies (or male equivalent) may enter politics for the first time when their partner gets elected
That’s too presumptuous. Not everyone can learn English proficiently, especially those from East Asia because of completely different characteristics and structures between European languages and East Asian languages.
English is often used as an international language, and for that reason it’s the most common second language by a pretty wide margin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers
People who need to regularly speak with people from a wide variety of countries learn English.
And? Not many people would find it easy to learn a new language regardless of the internationality of any particular language. It sounds like ethnocentrism to presume everyone can speak the English language.