Children Speak English Naturally - Can Be Problematic for the Mother Tongue

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Children speak English quite naturally when they are together - and that is a trend that can become problematic for our mother tongue. This is what Rakul Sjúrðardóttir Frederiksberg, who has written the MA thesis "English influence, Useless or Useful" at the Faculty of Faroese at the University of Iceland, says.  The fact that children use English indicates that English in this age group is cool to speak, and also necessary, because the children…