Hey everyone this is a questionnaire for school project! 10 poitns for the most detailed answer?

1. Nationality:


2. Do you know Putonghua?


3. Do you have any friends/family learning putonghua?:


4. If yes, how many?


5. Do you think that Putonghua will take over English as international langauge in the next century? why?


6. What would you use Putonghua for?


a)travelling


b)business


c) other (please state) __________

Hey everyone this is a questionnaire for school project! 10 poitns for the most detailed answer?
1.Australian, the land down under


2. Cant say I've heard of him/her/it


3. Perhaps some closet studiers of it without my knowledge?


4. Well i cant say if i don't know which ones are studying it


5. Well, no because no one i know of is studying it! so i figure it cant be that popular


6. c)Other.... a really bad Halloween costume......(Put-On-Goo-ARRRGH)
Reply:Chinese Australian


Kinda, learn it at chinese school on sundays


Yes, my friends at chinese school and some others at normal school


Um, perhaps 15?


In the next century or so, yes, because china is so populated that out of those billions of people quite a few are going to be smart and invent totally useful things, and people are going to need to know how to speak to them to learn about those things.


a and b. and also c, its always useful to know another language.
Reply:1) mexican american


2)never learned to speak it


3)not leanring but already have learned


4)1


5)no becuase although many dialects contain putonghua


there is still a large want to speak english


6)c) a family affair, a way to connect with your family
Reply:1. Filipino


2. No


3. Yes


4. 3


5. No, because since putonghua is hard to learn because of its accents and no person in the world knows all the strokes, maybe putonghua could be the second international language.


6. a)Communicating with people who only speak putonghua.


b) Negotiations, contract deals, etc., if I work in huge private international company.
Reply:-Malaysian


-Yes


-No, most of my friends/family members can speak mandarin and cantonese


-I am not sure


-I mainly use it in conversations in a social setting
Reply:1. Chinese


2. Yes


3. I have friends and family who know it, but none are currently learning it.


4. [Does not apply]


5. No, because learning all the characters would be hard for many people.


6. For talking with family, because I mainly use English.