Spanish has growing tencency. That is the best thing.
Languages in the EU
Ah, I found the Eurobarometer stats
(here's the link http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/languages/eurobarometer06_en.html)
According to it, the languages most spoken in Europe are:
1) English (13% native / 38% foreigners) = 51% total
2) German (18% native/ 14% foreigners) = 32% total
3) French (12% native / 14% foreigners) = 26% total
4) Italian (13% native / 3% foreigners) = 16% total
5) Spanish (9% native / 6% foreigners) = 15% total
6) Polish (9% native / 1% foreigners) = 10% total
7) Russian (1% native / 6% foreigners) = 7% total
So 6% of the European actually study Spanish.
As for the ERASMUS students, I'm with JLK, they go to Spain to party and not study (anyone who knows or has been an exchange student knows this). It becomes even clearer when the other top destinations are Italy and France.
(here's the link http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/languages/eurobarometer06_en.html)
According to it, the languages most spoken in Europe are:
1) English (13% native / 38% foreigners) = 51% total
2) German (18% native/ 14% foreigners) = 32% total
3) French (12% native / 14% foreigners) = 26% total
4) Italian (13% native / 3% foreigners) = 16% total
5) Spanish (9% native / 6% foreigners) = 15% total
6) Polish (9% native / 1% foreigners) = 10% total
7) Russian (1% native / 6% foreigners) = 7% total
So 6% of the European actually study Spanish.
As for the ERASMUS students, I'm with JLK, they go to Spain to party and not study (anyone who knows or has been an exchange student knows this). It becomes even clearer when the other top destinations are Italy and France.
Hence Spanish is the 4th most studied language as I said, but there is also one more important fact in the Eurostat survey: a large percentage of the French population believes that Spanish should be taught to the pupils (43%) . In the case of UK and Sweden these percentajes are 35% and 31%. Since Spanish is not as widely taught in Sweden and UK Spanish will not do anything but grow in the future as far as there is a positive attitude towards his language among the respective populations.
As for the ERasmus students, you don't have any evidences to say that the Erasmus students in Spain don't study Spanish. You say
"As for the ERASMUS students, I'm with JLK, they go to Spain to party and not study (anyone who knows or has been an exchange student knows this"
And what? That is not a proof. Some people will take advantage of that university year and some not, but the majority of them will take profit of it since it's not cheap to study abroad and students are not particularly rich. Also they would waste an entire year. At any case, as I said, they ALREADY speak Spanish when they apply to the Erasmus student exchange program since otherwise they would had not been allowed to study in a Spanish uncersity. That is a fact and I myself saw how well they speak Spanish , so evidently they studied Spanish. To deny this fact is product again of extreme envy. Nothing new when some people talk about Spanish to belittle it .
As for the ERasmus students, you don't have any evidences to say that the Erasmus students in Spain don't study Spanish. You say
"As for the ERASMUS students, I'm with JLK, they go to Spain to party and not study (anyone who knows or has been an exchange student knows this"
And what? That is not a proof. Some people will take advantage of that university year and some not, but the majority of them will take profit of it since it's not cheap to study abroad and students are not particularly rich. Also they would waste an entire year. At any case, as I said, they ALREADY speak Spanish when they apply to the Erasmus student exchange program since otherwise they would had not been allowed to study in a Spanish uncersity. That is a fact and I myself saw how well they speak Spanish , so evidently they studied Spanish. To deny this fact is product again of extreme envy. Nothing new when some people talk about Spanish to belittle it .
Hey everyone. I wanna jump in on this. Now, I have nothing against any other language, but I want to give my own personal experience regarding Spanish.
When I was in Spain (Malaga), just within one langauge school, I met a lot of students from US, Germany, Netherlands, UK and (to my surprise) Japan.
When I was studying in Mexico, I met a fair number of students from US, Canada, UK, Netherlands and (again) Japan.
I can't remember any French students, but I'm sure they exist.
That's just my own experience, but as far as I can tell, Spanish has a decent number of students and people interested in Europe, although it's in 4th place there. I personally think Spanish will continue to gradually become more popular in Europe because Spanish not only gives people access to Spain, but also most of Latin America, which is quite a large area. However, I don't think it will displace French, but become a more solid 4th place.
That's all, thanks.
When I was in Spain (Malaga), just within one langauge school, I met a lot of students from US, Germany, Netherlands, UK and (to my surprise) Japan.
When I was studying in Mexico, I met a fair number of students from US, Canada, UK, Netherlands and (again) Japan.
I can't remember any French students, but I'm sure they exist.
That's just my own experience, but as far as I can tell, Spanish has a decent number of students and people interested in Europe, although it's in 4th place there. I personally think Spanish will continue to gradually become more popular in Europe because Spanish not only gives people access to Spain, but also most of Latin America, which is quite a large area. However, I don't think it will displace French, but become a more solid 4th place.
That's all, thanks.
<<Spanish not only gives people access to Spain, but also most of Latin America, which is quite a large area>>
What a waste of time ! Better learn russian if you want access to a large area.
What a waste of time ! Better learn russian if you want access to a large area.
<<There are hordes of British, German and French tourists and ex-pat communities who could really care less about learning Spanish>>
Yeah, they could care less about it, which means it is quite high on their list of priorities.
Yeah, they could care less about it, which means it is quite high on their list of priorities.
<< Eurobarometro 2006.
"Exceptuando su idioma materno, ¿qué lengua cree que los niños deben aprender?
Francia: Inglés (91%), Francés (2%), Alemán (24%), Español (35%), Italiano (6%), Ruso (0%), Sueco (-). >>
Sorry but there's no such Eurobarometer data. Your data is from Wikipedia and Wikipedia is unreliable when it comes to this matter because hispanics change the data in their favor.
"Exceptuando su idioma materno, ¿qué lengua cree que los niños deben aprender?
Francia: Inglés (91%), Francés (2%), Alemán (24%), Español (35%), Italiano (6%), Ruso (0%), Sueco (-). >>
Sorry but there's no such Eurobarometer data. Your data is from Wikipedia and Wikipedia is unreliable when it comes to this matter because hispanics change the data in their favor.
<< False. 54% of people speak Spanis in Portugal, and 32% in France. >>
False, just 10% of people in Portugal speak, France.
False, just 10% of people in Portugal speak, France.
<<False, just 10% of people in Portugal speak>>
Holy cow! Are you claiming that 90% of the population of Portugal is made up of mutes? I suppose the msot used language there must be Portuguese sign language then.
Holy cow! Are you claiming that 90% of the population of Portugal is made up of mutes? I suppose the msot used language there must be Portuguese sign language then.
<< Yes. It is an important language in Spain, Andorra, Portugal, Gibraltar, Canary islands, etc.
It is also studied in France, Italy, Germany, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, etc. >>
No. It is an important language.
It is not required studied in Sweden, Switzerland, and Romania. In fact 88% of the Romanian children study French as their first foreign language. Italian on the other hand is way ahead in Romania. In Sweden the most popular foreign language are English, German, French, Norwegian, Italian, then comes Spanish
It is also studied in France, Italy, Germany, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, etc. >>
No. It is an important language.
It is not required studied in Sweden, Switzerland, and Romania. In fact 88% of the Romanian children study French as their first foreign language. Italian on the other hand is way ahead in Romania. In Sweden the most popular foreign language are English, German, French, Norwegian, Italian, then comes Spanish
<< Spanish has growing tendence in the EU, that also counts appart from the current number of students. It's becoming more and more studied in countries such as France, UK or Sweden. >>
Sorry but French is far more useful in Spain than Spanish in France. Try going to France and use your Spanish and see for yourself.
Sorry but French is far more useful in Spain than Spanish in France. Try going to France and use your Spanish and see for yourself.
<< Spanish is the 4th most studied language in Europe according to Eurostat, and 45% of people in France believe that it should be the foreign language learnt by their children according to the same source. This number is also high in Sweden (31%,) or UK (35%). >>
Shut uyp because these data are either for French or German languages. Stop takingh the credit that belong to others.
Shut uyp because these data are either for French or German languages. Stop takingh the credit that belong to others.
<< Spanish is the 4th most studied language in Europe according to Eurostat, and 45% of people in France believe that it should be the foreign language learnt by their children according to the same source. This number is also high in Sweden (31%,) or UK (35%). >>
Shut up because these data are either for French or German languages. Stop taking the credit that belong to others.
Shut up because these data are either for French or German languages. Stop taking the credit that belong to others.
Actually,if there's a language that surprised me within EU, it's Russian. You see Russian is not official in any of these EU countries even among the members. But it has managed to gain a 6% first foreign language speakers percentage out of the total EU population.
Way to go Russian. There's no truth that it's nolonger compulsary in Eastern Europe.In fact it's being reintroduced because Russia is right next door to them and Russia's economy is now in good shape again. Don't you know that Russia has the largest number of the newly emerged dollar billionaires?
Eastern Europeans are skeptical about the sincerity of the West so they have to make sure that one of their feet lands in the West and the other in the East(Russia and other Ex-Soviet states)So they cannot just dump Russia and the Russian language because just in case the West do not make their promises they can turn to the other side.
Way to go Russian. There's no truth that it's nolonger compulsary in Eastern Europe.In fact it's being reintroduced because Russia is right next door to them and Russia's economy is now in good shape again. Don't you know that Russia has the largest number of the newly emerged dollar billionaires?
Eastern Europeans are skeptical about the sincerity of the West so they have to make sure that one of their feet lands in the West and the other in the East(Russia and other Ex-Soviet states)So they cannot just dump Russia and the Russian language because just in case the West do not make their promises they can turn to the other side.
Eastern Europeans hate Russian and the only direction Russian will go is down as all the old people die.