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08 May 2007 Tue 03:55 pm |
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i would like to know the Eghlish level of native turkish peopl .
as far as i know the turkish people in china, most of them english is not so good, but they chinese is better,so , pls let me know more, thank you
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08 May 2007 Tue 06:11 pm |
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Level of English changes from region to region in Turkey.Of course ,in touristic places most of people, even little children can speak English fluently.However,if you visit more quite places,you cannot find fluent speakers.
Nevertheless they will try to help you and comminicate with you,believe me 
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08 May 2007 Tue 06:28 pm |
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Quoting Müjde: Level of English changes from region to region in Turkey.Of course ,in touristic places most of people, even little children can speak English fluently.However,if you visit more quite places,you cannot find fluent speakers.
Nevertheless they will try to help you and comminicate with you,believe me |
I found in eastern Turkey last year people who spoke quite good English (Erzincan, Trabzon), not as fluent as a native speaker of course (but mine is not that fluent as well) or people who spoke very good French (Sivas, Erzurum, Mardin) or German (Sanliurfa, Batman). And absolutely true, if there is no spoken language to communicate in they will do what they can to help you in other ways.
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08 May 2007 Tue 06:32 pm |
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I don't think it has much to do with touristic places or not. My ex bf didn't speak English at all, while I met him in a hotel  . It depends on the uni they attended. Most people I meet now learn English at their uni. And as far as I know it's an obligatory subject at high school now as well (which didn't used to be like that). This is what I heard from people around me, and experienced myself. Correct me if I'm wrong 
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08 May 2007 Tue 06:43 pm |
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Quoting Chantal: I don't think it has much to do with touristic places or not. |
Hmm, I'd think that's one of the most important things when you work in a tourist place: knowing the language of the tourists..
When I was in Kapadokya a couple of years ago, I stayed in a village where apparently a lot of French people go to. So as a result, the pansyon and hotel owners all spoke French, no English at all.
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08 May 2007 Tue 06:53 pm |
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Maybe it was just our hotel then
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08 May 2007 Tue 07:19 pm |
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Thank you very much for all!
And i still have some more question. as you mention here, turkish people can speak French and German , right?
And do you think basically they can speak better Chinese than English or not?
and more, my turkish friend told me that in the rich part, you call turkey and speak turkce, but in the other part, you call anther name, and speak Kurkce,right? thank you very much!
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08 May 2007 Tue 07:44 pm |
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Quoting sen-kim-sin: Thank you very much for all!
And i still have some more question. as you mention here, turkish people can speak French and German , right?
And do you think basically they can speak better Chinese than English or not?
and more, my turkish friend told me that in the rich part, you call turkey and speak turkce, but in the other part, you call anther name, and speak Kurkce,right? thank you very much! |
Some (!!) people can speak German or French, not many I guess. Probably there will be some too that speak Chinese, but to ask if they speak better Chinese than English is a bit strange, the number of English speaking people versus Chinese speaking people is not comparable. In other (eastern/southern) parts of the country most people speak also Kurdisch - not just one but several languages (Kurmanci, Sorani and Pahlavani), like in China (Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Huizhou, Jinyu, Minnan, Minbei, Min Dong, Min Zhong, Wu, Xiang and Mandarin.
If I am wrong about this, I'm sure someone will correct me.
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08 May 2007 Tue 08:27 pm |
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I don't know what kind of people you guys socialize with  but I know so few turks who speak english. I think the majority doesn't even learn it in high school, not anything beyond "what is your name?" anyway :o
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08 May 2007 Tue 09:00 pm |
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The majority of the turkish people cannot speak english (not french and german either ) or they know just very basic things. Only the people who have gone to a good secondary school or the people with a university degree can speak it well. Most of the university students can speak english in good level and unlike the french people with a good accent. In the touristic areas, it's necessary to know some english, german or french, so they learn it.
But nowadays in the big cities, language schools are very popular because knowing english is sometimes a necessity and always an avantage getting a qualified job. So, the number of english speakers is increasing day by day.
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