French was mandatory in 2016 for all students, what happened to the 13%?
It’s every language except English being studied, headline is misleading
Among those 83% that studied french in Romania, only about 5% can actually hold a normal conversation in french.
This is also a cultural thing. People from countries that learn German language will rarely look for a job in French, Italian or Spanish-speaking places. They mentally feel closer to Germany, Austria, Switzerland.
In Ukraine I think it was German or French. Probably German was more
Why do Nor+Swe prefer Spanish over French?
I’d question the Bulgarian statistic. I don’t know a single kid that studies Russian, while almost everyone has either German or Spanish for a second language.
Surprised Ireland’s most studied language is French. I’d have thought it was Gaelic.
This is incorrect. Swedish is not a foreign language in Finland.
Yeah we were made to learn French in school bc we apparently are a francophone nation (I don’t see why that is but I digress). But we don’t speak French. We speak Spanish and Italian.
I don’t have actual data at hands but I’m almost 100% certain than WB6 has German, maybe (big maybe) Albania with some chance of it being Italian but it has been in a downwards trend for a long time now.
Yeah, mandatory language education in high school almost never translates into the student actually pursuing that language later in life (I really want to say “never” but obviously can’t).
WTF Romania
Would have thought that in Austria the most studied language would be german
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Anyone has more recent datas?
French was mandatory in 2016 for all students, what happened to the 13%?
It’s every language except English being studied, headline is misleading
Among those 83% that studied french in Romania, only about 5% can actually hold a normal conversation in french.
This is also a cultural thing. People from countries that learn German language will rarely look for a job in French, Italian or Spanish-speaking places. They mentally feel closer to Germany, Austria, Switzerland.
In Ukraine I think it was German or French. Probably German was more
Why do Nor+Swe prefer Spanish over French?
I’d question the Bulgarian statistic. I don’t know a single kid that studies Russian, while almost everyone has either German or Spanish for a second language.
Surprised Ireland’s most studied language is French. I’d have thought it was Gaelic.
This is incorrect. Swedish is not a foreign language in Finland.
Yeah we were made to learn French in school bc we apparently are a francophone nation (I don’t see why that is but I digress). But we don’t speak French. We speak Spanish and Italian.
I don’t have actual data at hands but I’m almost 100% certain than WB6 has German, maybe (big maybe) Albania with some chance of it being Italian but it has been in a downwards trend for a long time now.
Yeah, mandatory language education in high school almost never translates into the student actually pursuing that language later in life (I really want to say “never” but obviously can’t).
WTF Romania
Would have thought that in Austria the most studied language would be german