Comments by "Lynott Parris" (@DenUitvreter) on "Will the Netherlands fill the English-speaking vacuum for Erasmus students post-Brexit?" video.

Of course Erasmus has always been a program to create a 'European' (EU actually) identity at the expense of national identities. Ironically paid for by national tax payers and at the expense of the level and opportunities of the national students and research. Yes the Dutch are good at English, no their English is not good enough for a truly academic level. I don't mind student exchange, but traditionally it was for the brightest who impressed with that on their curriculum because they had to reach an academic level in a foreign language. Now it's just another way of dumbing down.
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@mijicmugendo It's not about the most basic level of understanding, is it? At univeristy you have to be able to express and grasp abstract ideas. In a lot of disciplines that can't be done in digits and formula's so you'll have to truly master the tool that is language. I'm sure the anglophones would understand the limitations of a learned language if only they had bothered to learn one. In British universities there is still a benchmark set by academics teaching in their native language, whithout such a benchmark level would slip. Dutch people who claim they are comfortable enough in English don't get what 'enough' should be at a university.
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