Will Chinese become the next French/Spanish/Latin at school
To be honest I never liked Latin even though I am some kind of history fan because it is a dead language. French was never an option for me because whenever I wanted to choose French, there was no French language course at school because too less students registered.
And this August I started with Spanish, BUT maybe it would be a wise decision for the politicians to think about this twice. China as the upcoming super power and global player in all parts of society is already now at the start in my opinion more important than other countries would like to be (no offense guys).
Of course you learn English at school as the first foreign language, cause it is THE world dominatin language but why not learn Chinese language as the second foreign language.
Of course there should be still the choice to choose between other alternatives, but some people seem to forget that languages learnt during school time are way easier to master than it is when the student is already 30.
I also started to learn Chinese language at an education center because I really like the language and someday I hope to use it like my own language.
But suprise, suprise: It is not that hard!
OK, you have to learn new characters, but new vocables have to be learnt for all new languages.
And maybe this way, Germans or western employees in general, are way better prepared for the competition on the global market.