JP Only!

[HumsterMKX]

Stupid question, but what is 'SEA'?

South East Asia.

[Tonkra]

It's not just japanese people.
A couple of times I tried adding D E F to the duty finder. I've got only french members and no matter what, they kept talking french. They didn't even try to use the autotranslate function.
Of course not all of them act the same way, but since then I stopped putting other flags besides E in the DF.

hello, and what about the german players?^^

Let's not forget the French and German only please. Nothing wrong with that. However, they will start talking French/German if they see 1 other member has their language highlighted. Heck, sometimes they'll just type in French/German regardless. I can manage since you know, school and all so you know the basics. Still think it's really rude.

german only players? XD seems to be rare i think.

and yah of course, why cant people communicate a little in german if they see there is someone with german language also.... if they stick to english afterwards i dont see any problem with it. the problem i see is that many frensh player (no offense, but it is like it is) cant speak english (commercials in english are forbidden in france). in Germany its really rare that someone doesnt speak english at all..

i worked in a hotel for a very long time. and it mostly have been frensh or italian people who are unable to speak english

[Kardayel]

i worked in a hotel for a very long time. and it mostly have been frensh or italian people who are unable to speak english

Ok, for the french part, i can try to explain it: Our foreign language education is crap... I seriously learned more english by playing FFVI than in 10 years at school ><

I don't know if it has changed till i finished school but the only thing you learned was really basic vocabulary and some grammar... And you learn more to write/read it than speak it... So... well... don't expect many french older than 25 to be fluent in english... (and here i just hope the next generation had a better education than mine)

[Mikita]

Ok, for the french part, i can try to explain it: Our foreign language education is crap... I seriously learned more english by playing FFVI than in 10 years at school ><

I don't know if it has changed till i finished school but the only thing you learned was really basic vocabulary and some grammar... And you learn more to write/read it than speak it... So... well... don't expect many french older than 25 to be fluent in english... (and here i just hope the next generation had a better education than mine)

That's pretty close to how things are in Japan as well.

There are a lot of English teachers who do try very hard and the curriculum itself is not all bad ... but perhaps a big part of the problem is that most young people don't see the relevance of learning English. The language hasn't really gained widespread use as a real communication tool in Japanese society. As a result, many short-sighted students see it as something akin to trigonometry -- i.e. something you study in school and probably never use again once you graduate.