I’m in high school right now in the US, and you need 2 years of a foreign language to graduate(at least in the state of Pennsylvania). They offer spanish (which I’m in), french (taking that next year too) and german. The school my friends go to down the road also offers japanese and latin.
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Alors pourquoi est-ce que mes amis français m'ont dit que l'anglais est de loin la langue la plus populaire d'apprendre en France ?
Alors pourquoi est-ce que mes amis français m'ont dit que l'anglais est de loin la langue la plus populaire d'apprendre en France ?
I know that in france the most popular language is English, and in the schools which offer a 2nd Foreign Language, the most popular are German (in the East) and Spanish (in the West).
In the first post I didn't say that in Italy, in the "Liceo" (the most popular type of high school), we study Latin. We study it also in the Scientific school, and everybody think it's useless and it should be only in the Classical school. For example I think they should replace Latin with another Foreign Language or with some hour of Science Lab (in fact, we study Science only from the book, and most schools, especially in the South, haven't a Science Lab).
In the first post I didn't say that in Italy, in the "Liceo" (the most popular type of high school), we study Latin. We study it also in the Scientific school, and everybody think it's useless and it should be only in the Classical school. For example I think they should replace Latin with another Foreign Language or with some hour of Science Lab (in fact, we study Science only from the book, and most schools, especially in the South, haven't a Science Lab).
In northern Taiwanese public schools, it's Mandarin Chinese from kindergarten, and English from middle school (= Grade 7 in the US). In southern Taiwanese public schools, I think there's a stronger emphasis on the local dialect, but I'm not sure and I'm not in agreement with this policy anyway.
In all international schools around Asia, English is taught from kindergarten onwards.
In Hong Kong public schools, English is taught from Primary 1 (Grade 1) onwards, but NO graduates of HK public schools can speak or write good English. I'm not kidding. After ten years of learning English, they're still at an American nine-year-old's level. Their English is so terrible, you can easily forget the fact that HK was once a British colony.
In all international schools around Asia, English is taught from kindergarten onwards.
In Hong Kong public schools, English is taught from Primary 1 (Grade 1) onwards, but NO graduates of HK public schools can speak or write good English. I'm not kidding. After ten years of learning English, they're still at an American nine-year-old's level. Their English is so terrible, you can easily forget the fact that HK was once a British colony.
In Russia foreign languages is usually started to learn since 11 y.o. But now a bill is being prepared according to which pupils will have to learn foreign languages since 9 y.o. In generall they study one language (English or German or French or Spanish, other languages are less spreaded), but in special schools thaey can learn more than one language (including Latin and Greek).
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