English as we all know is our global language. It is a language used as means of communication not a basis of knowledge. It is not a measure of intellegence and shouldn't be use as a measure of our identity.
People shouldn't judge someone's knowledge or intellegence by their english speaking skillls. If that's the case, so many in this world are dumb! Does it make sense? Do you want to be called dumb because of your poor english speaking skills?
People who made english as their criterion to judge one's intellegence, education and even financial status are the ones who are dumb!
Do you know why majority of Chinese don't speak well in english? I onced asked my chinese friend that question. He says that, English is not their native language and they are taught Chinese. If they don't need to study abroad or requirement for work, they don't need to be that good in english.
As a matter of fact, English is a compulsory course in China and here in Hong Kong. But don't downgrade them, nowadays, many kids here are very good in speaking english. As for adults, they are business-minded, so they don't really care about learning english well. That's because they use their brain in upgrading their financial status rather than trying hard to be that good at a language which isn't necessary for their living. Aside from China, countries such as Japan, Korea, Middle East, Russia, doesn't really care about improving their english speaking skills, unless they need to. So why bother their bad english skills if they themselves doesn't care at all?
Indians on the other side are really good in English. No doubt, I admire them of that. I also like their eyes, their nose, I wish I have those traits (just kidding, I love myself 😅). We all know that the language of India is Hindi. But why are they good in english even if it's not their native language?
India is a country where the people are of different religions and cultures live together and speak different languages. It's the reason why India is called "Unity in Diversity."
When it comes to english language, India always ahead of other Asian countries. India can really blow your mind in a lot of ways.
They are diverse as well as their languages. English is their lingua franca. It is a language spoken in every Indian state which unites all India. Even their constitution and law are written in English.
Meanwhile, my beloved country, Philippines, also use English in many aspects. Although many aren't fluent in speaking english, but at least we understood the language. So why do we know english? It's because of american influence on our education system. Signages, constitution and laws are all written in english, even media is using same language.
However, filipinos are still being criticized, underestimated, downgraded. But don't dare criticize Philippines or Filipino in the internet. No one can critize without receiving some sort of backlash from rabid patriots.
Going back to the main topic. Every country has it's own mother language used. Speaking english fluently will not get in the way of civilization.
It always happens when non-english speaker go to country where english is their lingua franca, they are usually being criticized and humiliated. But when an english speaker go to a country where english isn't their language, they are being respected and treated well.
So when you heard, "Cook yourself la", "eat the house", "kill the TV", etc.. don't laugh. Just use your mind to translate it. It's just a matter of understanding. Anyway, we already have translators which we can use to understand foreign languages.
Instead of judging one's intellegence by english speaking skills, why don't you open yourself up to different cultures and languages? For sure it will make you a better person.
"Never make fun of somone who speaks broken english, that means they know another language." -H. Jason Brown
People who doesnt speak English arent stupid or anything like that. But, speaking global language has a lot of positive things. You can talk to a lot of other people from whole world, you can read much more books and study great schools. Also, you can get better job. So, I think that learning English (or other language) is adventage in life. My English is not very good, but I am trying :)