Yesssss he is German, but one thing I know about the German educational system is that they really teach students to learn a second, third and even a fourth language. Jurgen's English is pretty good. Here is the prove: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bThc9L1oIzQ"]Jurgen Klinsmann interview‏ - YouTube[/ame]
He's also been living in the US for 15 years are so. His English is excellent, really. He doesn't even have much of an accent.
This thread is pointless. Of course he speaks good English. He's been living in the US for a while now. He's fluent.
Besides...our national team program survived Bora...I'm not sure what language he was speaking during all those interviews in '93-94, but it sure as heck wasn't English!
Yeah dude lives in my area. I saw him in a restaurant once, and his english is better then any other german I know
The point here is the importance of the german educational system. I know for fact that German kids must learn at least 3 languages before they graduate from high school. So this is a plus for someone like Jurgen who is able to come to America and put his second or third language to work. It does not matter if he's been here for 15 years. My mother's been here for 25 and she only speaks Spanish and even tried to take some courses. In Chile you are not required to learn a second language just like in America. My mother is from the old school of course and living in Jackson heights Queens, there was not need for her to actually learn English. Jurgen did not have to deal with it, good job. The american educational only requires students starting in Middlle school to take a few years of a second language. Most students only learn the basis, hola, como estas? Me llamo Manuel, como estas? Estoy bien etc... Should we learn from the Germans?
What's funny, is my gf, who speaks english as a 4th language, has a better knowledge of the language than half the high school dropouts on BS.
Yes, most European educational systems have their students learn a 2nd and 3rd language. English is most often the 2nd. I would say the reason Germans tend to have less of an accent than other nations is because English is based in German. The words, and more importantly pronunciation, are not wholly unfamiliar. It goes both ways too. As an English speaker, you will have less difficulty mastering German pronunciation than French, Spanish, or, god help us, Portuguese. Of course living here and having an American wife doesn't hurt Klinnsman's cause.
As has been said, and me being a teacher, I will say, the German kids probably learn English better than the American kids.
Now I just want to say this, all american USMNT fans should be proud of having a real coach maybe for first time ever. Bora Milutinovicwas a real coach, but again were did not even have MLS back them and he did his best to create a competivie team. Now we have not excuse. We have a league of our own, we have a bunch of players in Europe and even in Mexico and we have a good coach with lot of experience as a player and as a coach. He knows what to take to take us to the next level. He knows how to read a game and that was Bob's main mistake in first place. Bob was the worst at reading a game and making the right substitutions and picking players for a game. Now we can move on. I'm confident that Klinsmann is going to do his best to put the best product out there. In addition, Klinsmann's been in America for 15 years watching MLS grow so he should not have any problem handling that for us. The only thing I will ask Klinsmann is to give Brad Guzan a chance at the neat. I think he is pretty much reliable and is by all mean underrated. i would to see Guzan covering the neat for us vs Mexico on August 10th.
Just because you are living in the US for awhile, doesn't automatically mean you can speak fluent English. Stevie Nicol has been coach of the Revs for 10 years now and I still can't understand a word he says. But yeah, JK's English is fine. What was the point of this thread again?
Jurgen Klinsmann speaks a second language very, very well while it always appeared that Boob Bradley was still struggling with his first. "Well we uh . . . . ummmm . . . . we um . . . . we looked at . . . the uh . . . possibility of bringing him in . . . Fresh legs."