Israel is a point used to counteract the point that francophones are somehow better because they are more commonly bilingual than anglophones the point being that the incentives are unequal . The incentive a francophone has to learn English the incentive an anglophone has to learn French . And sure , I agree . Teach everyone both languages . Only I hope French is taught better than English is taught in many Quebec schools , because right now , French is taught like shit . And even if we suddenly have a massive influx of AWESOMETASTICAL LINGUISTIC TEACHING AWESOMENESS , if people don ' t have a use for the language , they lose it . I learned Spanish and haven ' t had an opportunity to use it for two years , I ' ve dropped a few levels . If I didn ' t ' speak Russian at home I ' d have forgotten it . Lots of anglophones have learned French only to lose it because when you live in , I don ' t know , Vancouver , french isn ' t part of daily life .