Re: How come other countries do just fine learning English as second language?
on a serious note
we were ruled by the british n we still have some complexes.we also keep competing with india where it seems evry kid speaks grammatically correct english.before partition sir syed ahmed khan established this fact that in order to compete with the hindus we had to go for english.even now u wont get reference books in urdu whereas if u want to expand ur literary horizons u have to know english.
yahan tak baat theek hay.hamara 'jatt' culture hay,the complexes r deep rooted.
even in the corporate culture one who has exellent speaking skills will bring u more business which a better educated person who isnt proficient in english wont.the standards have been set from before partition.no effort was and is being made to translate english books into urdu.wat is one supposed to do.
mazay ki baat yeh hay no where in the world ,where ever english is a secondary language people make extreme efforts for proper pronunciation whereas in pak we do.u will see people twisting their mouths to copy american accent,some even go irish and thats so funny to see and hear both.for any 2ndry language ,generally speaking one has to know it well enuff to communicate.thats the basic requirement isnt it. but agar french literature parhna hay tu u have to learn french properly.