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Also, many Swiss now just resort to speaking English with one another when they cross the country. Canton Zurich (German-speaking) recently decided to make English the first foreign language kids are exposed to in school, rather than French. The power of the English language hegemony is strong. If German speakers in Zurich can’t be bothered to learn French, even if they’re a 2 hour train ride away from their French-speaking counterparts (not to mention 60 million French speakers in nearby France), what hope is there to expect kids in Nanaimo to be fluent in French?