[citation][nom]r0x0r[/nom]"English is easy to learn"LOL NO. Tell that to anyone studying as their second language.[/citation]
English is easy to learn, not just because the nature of the language but also because it's so widespread both in terms of number of speakers and learning resources but also in the media.
[citation][nom]r0x0r[/nom]People who say that English is easy to learn usually have no experience learning another language, and thus have no basis for comparison.[/citation]
Well I do and I do. I started learning German and French before I started learning English and they're much harder.
[citation][nom]r0x0r[/nom]English isn't even the world's most widely spoken language.[/citation]
Yes it is, not in terms of the number of native speakers but in terms of people who can understand you. Sure there are 800 million speakers of Mandarin but outside of China and Taiwan very few people speak that language. English speaking countries may have "only" 500 million native speakers but the number of people who can speak English in the World is in the billions.
[citation][nom]r0x0r[/nom]The world is a far smaller place than what it was in Gen-X days, and multilingualism in the information age is a necessity and will be more important (and an expected skill) in the future.[/citation]
No, because enough people speak English. People who don't speak English are usually too young or too uncivilized for most people to even want to communicate with them.
[citation][nom]r0x0r[/nom]Besides, there's nothing like being able to pick up girls in a foreign country while your monolingual buddies just sit there staring[/citation]
Girls who don't speak English probably don't bathe either so... enjoy