Thanks

of course if you are taught a language your going to speak it well because then it wouldn't be considered "teaching" a language..

Since there are huge differences between Chinese and English,its reasonable to see that

⁠@@albertZZZ-lp4oz Nah they just lack daily conversations, I’m of Chinese descent living in Malaysia and exposure to both English and Chinese at a young age makes it easy to use English, I may not be better than natives but certainly better in conversations than these Chinese students. With some daily use and conversations with foreigners, I think they would have a better grasp of the language and wouldn’t have to stutter as much, along with the accidental use of Chinese grammar lol

@@albertZZZ-lp4ozBut well it ain’t that bad, even with some grammar mistakes and lack of vocabulary, English has the advantage of ease of understanding despite the presence of errors, it may take some thinking but lacklustre vocabulary or grammar isn’t gonna hinder u conveying your point across that badly(Unless it’s the definition of terrible and direct translation)

@@deadkiller4129 environment is the issue, i am chinese canadian and i see your point there, i'd say most of them do not have enough exposure to english speaking in their daily routine, just imagine what would happen if you have to do translation for every sentence to your parents, i think that's what these students are doing within their brain during the convo

Definitely not an easy one, especially when asked in front of a camera!

There is no absolute fairness, it depends on who is in a more advantageous position, since the United States is more powerful, and a lot of scientific papers are in English, which is not the case in other languages such as french spainsh.

USA is a bankrupt state. Cheat the whole world with unlimited debt n printed fiat $ . So are all the govts of the world

English is the international language

I think they meant communication with the foreign investors invest in China, includes bosses, managers, clients, colleagues.. Now adays foreigners meant for a longterm career and opportunity will also tend to learn Chinese.. So Chinese is not a very far behind English, as international Languages. I just feel if you can get over as multilingual, you lose nothing..

FYI: English was chosen as the international language

English is a global lingua franca, and while Chinese is also quite important in the neighboring countries, it’s extent is nowhere near as broad (as the first lady in the video articulated)

china is not the largest economic power. its still the US.

@@naveedahmed2311by PPP yeah china is the largest economy!

​@@naveedahmed2311wake up it's already 2023 not 1987.

english , Chinese, these two languages are not comparable, apparently the former one is the world's language😅

Yes! We only found out at the end of the interview that she was Thai

@@aznm3 lol

Keep it up and your English will improve! Actually, there are 3,000 international students and 500 international staff in this university.

How do you think that will turn out? haha

Speaking on behalf of the Chinese speaking communities who can also speak English, we all know it wouldn’t end well ☺️but with so much prejudices these days thrown at Chinese people, particularly by some western English speaking countries and their complicit media, it would be very fair to see where this fluency incompetence might be coming from. ☺️

😂😂

​@@aznm3well I know top American students don't speak fluent English so I think top British students wouldn't be fluent in Chinese either.

Sure, next time

Just my educated guess, but I think in average undergraduate students of Chinese top universities speak better English than postgraduates in the same university. I can think of 2 main reasons. First, it is much more difficult to enter the top universities as an undergraduate, only the top of the top students are able to do so and they are arguably smarter than the postgraduates of the same universities, maybe half of which come from second tier universities. Second, many undergraduate students in elite universities, especially in STEM majors, are aspired to pursue master/doctor degree in US instead of continuing in China, so they spend a lot of time studying TOEFL and GRE, definitely spend more efforts than those who decide to do postgraduate in China.

Same

@@weixiong3059 I have seen many Chinese graduate students at top US universities, and their English is not much better.

Lots of generalisations here that I shan't comment on. As an ethnic Chinese who grew up in a predominantly Western society (retaining some culture via frequent trips back amongst other activities), I DID judge level of intelligence by fluency of English. I can attest it is very natural to do so because let's face it, the low socio-economic band of native speakers generally have poorer diction and lack eloquence. However, upon reaching adulthood and multiple growth experiences later, I do not think that way anymore. What I do think is that there are more young Chinese that are driven to broaden their horizons than there are of what you refer to as "Anglos". There are many reasons, though I think a key one is that "succeeding" in China (or arguably all Chinese-speaking countries) is much more difficult due to the highly competitive environment.

@smoothbanana I agree. I was not talking about China . In general, even in English speaking countries , in addition to accents, which shows socioeconomic class you come from or the region, there is a tendency to look at the fluency. It is true it says something, but language IQ is one of many IQs. There is mathematical, emotional, creative, intuitive, social, etc. intelligences and surpassing all there is wisdom. When you go to some counties, you meet people who see through things , just get the whole picture and the future repercussions and emotional landscapes of participants and all in one scoop. They have something else, and to top it all, they are kind and have patience to listen and understand others. These snap judging superficial debating ki d's who like to impress in an ego driven way do not get these kind of superior people and may think they are just basic. When the human brain is concerned, English is not the most challenging, but because they had an empire, it is ubiquitous and will hold that spot. But never judge others by this year stick unless you have a simple mind. I am glad you think broadly now, in a mature, less egoistic way.

In my PERSONAL opinion, language has little to do with the level of intelligence since some language are simpler or harder relative to others. Furthermore, intelligence level is subjective, relative to the methods, languages and medium used for judging it. Some may have higher cognitive abilities in math related questions whereas others may be more musical, visual and etc. For me, learning another language should be a FUN thing to do, not something that is tedious, dull, political, racial or fractious.

@@omegabulldog5001 It is debatable that there is no direct correlation, though I am inclined to agree, but language is intertwined with culture, which is what builds intelligence, whether it is IQ, EQ, SQ or AQ.

@@smoothbanana that may be so but language can be taught and learn and after a generation of two the fluency of that particular language may be on par with the native so judging intelligence by language fluency may not be really fair, in this case. I do agree that more complex language MAY bring out higher intelligence among native speakers but that isn't conclusive.

In 🇺🇸 students speak Chinese well ? 🤣

@@kevinkoo9065 in US, of course not... Majority of people in US is not even bilingual lmaooo

oh yeah? you've caught my interest

Yep. Not that deep communication.Even, they’d not like talking with you.

@@meganhuang5987 Ad Hominem does not change the fact.

Hahaha

Really, 99%? I'm heading to Tokyo Uni to conduct a similar interview, I'm really interested to see how it'll t urn out

@@aznm3 Last time I was in Tokyo, I think you could get by with just English. Ordering food at restaurants, buying entrance tickets to parks, etc., were all OK. However, if you actually want to have a real, in-depth conversation with them (like you did with the people in this video), then probably not. Most Japanese in Tokyo only know enough English to help tourists, and I've heard it's harder to find English speakers in smaller cities in Japan.

Yup, I found it very impressive too

Did you watch the same video as me? The Japanese guy was fine. He was much better than Terry, the older engineering student around the 3-min mark.

inferiority complex! so sad to see that, no other east asian is like this. Korean names are not far away from Han chinese names, and the Korean will never tell you their western name in their own country.

They probably think by having English name people don’t look down on them. My Chinese classmate doesn’t want me to call her with her Chinese name because she said she doesn’t like the meaning of her name.

Those aren't equal. Obviously one language will allow you to talk to more people around the world than another.

i totally agree with this idea😂 it's unfair world😢 why we should shame for ourself beacuse we can not speak English well . And i not to mention those normal students like me ...

MBA and MEM students are not really the top 0.2%. It is much easier to enter elite universities in China as a postgraduate than as an undergraduate.

They just lack daily conversations, practice is key when it comes to Spoken English and they don’t get the chance very often unless they go looking for it.

@@deadkiller4129 i know, but top 0.2%should do better than that.

you think their English is not good enough. Can I ask you what about your Chinese proficiency?

@@chengli5978 i am not considered to be the top 0.2%, so its ok for me to be not good in chinese. Besides, i can speak native chinese.

No, they are the English names we were assigned when we started learning English at school, so that when English speakers talk to Chinese people, they won’t be humiliated of not being able to pronounce Chinese names.

@@briansun6336 Why the accommodation goes in one direction only? Why non-English speakers always have to accommodate English speakers and not the other way round? Why Vietnamese who studied at 100% French schools in VN during France's 100 years of colonization never had to add a French sounding first name? If people don't want to put in the necessary effort to learn how to pronounce each other's name, what does that tell you about them?

@@ngvkhtnw22 Honestly, I think you are overinterpreting it. It is a curtious practice that some English teachers suggest just so it is not uncomfortable to hear your name being pronounced wrong and getting stuck at correcting their pronounciation. I was given the name John when I started taking English lessons. I tried to teach my friends how to pronounce my Chinese name and the experience was quite frustrating. I did not adopt an English name in real life though, as I am OK with the anglised pronunciation of my Chinese name, similar to how many Vietnamese with the last name Ng. Some people, do think an English name is "cool", as how hollywood movies are cool. I also know a Viet fellow adopted the name Brandon. Honestly, it is just for convenience, and to avoid awkwardness.

@@briansun6336 But it still doesn't answer the question: why the accommodation ALWAYS goes in ONE direction only? Let's be honest, it's a manifestation of low self esteem and it's unconscious. I'm not talking about Chinese or Vietnamese who are in fact American or Canadian or French, I'm talking about native Chinese living and working in China.

@@ngvkhtnw22 ????? Pardon??????? I just realized that you probably misunderstood the situation. Those names, are not their first names, those are the names that only exist when they speak to an English native speaker. I would say there are some Chinese people that think Europeans/Americans are better people, and they would absolutely adopt an non-Chinese nickname and many would use them in Chinese-language conversations even. Are you talking about these people? But the students you see in the this video are not really that type of people. If you are to really talk about why many have English names, it is an English-learning tradition(the type of English lessons out side of school that they absolutely went to when they were young, otherwise they would not have got admmitted to this Uni). Students get random English names and think those are their "English" names as those are the translations of their Chinese names. They think 欣欣 is Christina in English for example, by that, I mean they think Christina means EXACTLY as their Chinese name. Later one they realize it is just a random name, and often just resort using it when talking to foreigners. Regular English classes in middle schools or colleges, if a foreigner is teaching, the teacher would call them their Chinese names. So the other way of accommodation does happen, though oftentimes awkawrdly, if the teacher's Chinese is limited. And many, like my father and the girl called Xin in the video, simply do not have an English name and go on with English conversations no problem.

You'll be surprised as to how many Chinese students go for Masters or PhD. Also, remember that these are the elite students of China (top 0.2% literally), so it's not rare for them to pursue further studies that can do good for the society.

maybe，10 is her goal