Yes, that makes sense. Since my native language is one that is only spoken by a small portion of the Earth, I was taught English pretty early on in my life.

[She's expecting his second language to be something she wouldn't be able to understand, so she's blown away as she has absolutely no trouble at all in understanding the spoken English in the least. As she responds, it's clear that English is her stronger language, as she somehow manages to speak in a perfect American accent.]

I do, haha! It seems like everyone was correct in assuming English was important after all. That's... really weird that there's at least two languages that are at least very close to identical in different worlds.