Discussion

Thank you very much for sharing this topic. Canada is known to a multi-cultural and linguistic county, but as you points out, there is a preconception or prejudice that speaking English in fluent is compatible with intelligence. In the point of view from an Asian international student, I personally experienced this type of discrimination　at immigration, Vancouver airport. It was shocking for me that immigration officer started asking softly when showing my acceptance of letter from UBC. Therefore, English as a lingua franca, every persons who are non-native English speaker has their own English, which should not be standardized. I think it might be good to bring the number which shows how speaking in fluent affects job opportunities for immigrants (statistics Canada... if there is information...)