<p>Re: the listening test thing
My theory is that with Asian language, you can learn how to read the characters, and the meanings, but speaking and understanding the spoken language is often times a whole different ball park.
With the other languages you mentioned like French, German, and Spanish use the alphabet system that we are used to with English, but are pronounced differently with some exceptions of course. </p>
<p>I don’t think CB is racist, they are just a company delivering what they believe people want (most profitable for them too), and right now Chinese and Japanese are becoming very popular foreign language choices.</p>
<p>All just my opinions, so no flaming or anything like that.</p>