southern_breeze t1_iyccg5u wrote
Reply to comment by Jud1_n in Lithuania should phase out Russian language teaching - president's adviser by Interrete
Yes, I am not saying that Russian don't have good authors, but the cultural aspect is just a bonus I guess. The main point is the value of the language learnt. You can learn French and then go to a university in France or get a job in a business that works with France. You could do the same with Russian, of course, but... yeah. If you had to choose one...
>It's weird that you say let's forget politics and war and then bring politics in describing Russia.
Yeah, I guess I got carried away, just a lot of emotions directed towards the east at the moment.
Jud1_n t1_iyccytp wrote
Can't blame ya. What with Russian government deciding to become terrorists.
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I can't really comment on bussiness side of things in modern Lithuania. Haven't lived there for 12 years and things most certainly changed.
But 12 years ago knowing Russian was a massive boon for finding jobs in Lithuania it self. Even more so if you knew both English and Russian.
southern_breeze t1_iycv5hx wrote
yeah, a lot has changed these past few decades. With the sanctions that started a long time ago, a lot of businesses has reorganised from working with russia to working within EU and western world, and obviously "the money is in the west".
Probably the biggest industry that I can think of that Russian language is still needed is logistics - someone has to know Russian to speak to the drivers that majority comes from the East and they don't speak English.
osuvetochka t1_iycnuq5 wrote
> You can learn French and then go to a university in France or get a job in a business that works with France. You could do the same with Russian, of course, but... yeah. If you had to choose one...
Language is not the the only deciding factor though. Education in Russia is free, cost of living is low. There are significant amount of students from Africa and China who come for education to Russia and then return home.
southern_breeze t1_iycvqdt wrote
Yes, but I think that Lithuanian students have better options for education to choose from than African or Chinese students overall.
Oram0 t1_iycsnrc wrote
You do understand off course that a large group of eastern Europeans know Russian as a second language, because... History. It can be useful even without going to Russia.
southern_breeze t1_iycwwwc wrote
Yes. I do speak Russian. The times that I needed it were when I was travelling through former USSR countries where English is not that prevalent and when talking to some Ukrainian refugees if they don't speak English.
If I could trade knowing russian to any western language (not even western, basically any) I would, in a heartbeat.
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