Fijians have beautiful English

I just spent 5 gorgeous days in Fiji on holiday. Fijians have beautiful spoken English, very eloquent, natural and polite – a legacy I believe of the British influence that still exists today in their education system. However, unlike some other countries that have been influenced by Western colonialism, Fijians have also retained their own language, culture and traditions and are true bi-linguals. Fijians are a good reminder to the rest of us that two languages can be learned to equal levels of communicative proficiency without sacrificing one for the other or having problems with pronunciation given that the two languages are quite disparate. Fijian is Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) and English is Germanic!

8 Comments

  1. miss
    Posted January 10, 2010 at 10:30 pm | Permalink

    Im sorry for late to respond but im realy i want to learn english speedly but i havent friend speaks english and im not gone english school im gone arbic school so i need help for every think {talk, writing,friends speaks english} beacouse iwant find agood job
    im sorry for the mistake the words ,for any mistake
    please respond me if you can help me

    • Posted February 7, 2010 at 5:50 am | Permalink

      Hi there
      We can help you with English. I can give you a free lesson. Would you like to try it?

  2. MISS
    Posted January 8, 2010 at 2:18 pm | Permalink

    hi i have amessage with i can speak alive acoach how what i can do

  3. MISS
    Posted January 8, 2010 at 12:53 am | Permalink

    I want to learn how make acorrect asentence

    • Posted January 8, 2010 at 2:38 am | Permalink

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  4. MISS
    Posted January 8, 2010 at 12:37 am | Permalink

    i want start after A B C IM starting with you from A B C

  5. Posted January 6, 2010 at 10:43 pm | Permalink

    Iwant to learn english start level one im realy need this language to becam perfct in short time
    so i want help me


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