What languages are the kids taught in school in countries such as England, France, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, and Italy?
I'm from Ontario, Canada and we get taught French here for about 6 years because there's a giant french province right beside us.
2007-03-02 04:27:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
In the Netherlands all secondary schools offer English for all kids and most kids have (as a minimum) at least 2 or 3 years of French and/or German lessons to look forward to. Most schools ask their students to study at least 2 foreign languages with English being compulsory. I studied both English, German and French at school for 6 years.
State schools called Gymnasia (comparable to the French Lycée and English Grammar Schools) also expect their students to study besides 2 or 3 modern foreign languages to study at least one classical language (Latin or Ancient Greek).
On top of that, several schools offer language instruction in languages like Russian and Spanish. Every year a few hundred students in the Netherlands pass their final exams in these subjects.
A tiny minority of secondary schools also offer Turkish, Arabic and Chinese-Mandarin lessons (usually in the bigger cities and at schools with large numer of pupils from immigrant communities) but as far as I know it is not possible to take your secondary school final exams in these subjects. So, instruction in these language should be considered extra-curricular activities at a school.
2007-03-02 17:17:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Germany we all have to learn English at school as the first or second foreign language, other languages that are commonly taught are Latin and French, and depending on the school you go you can also take classes in other languages like Spanish or Russian. I had classes in English (5th to 12th grade), Latin (7th to 11th grade), French (9th and 10th grade) and Russian (11th to 13th grade). We have different types of secondary schools here, at the "Gymnasium" ("highest level" of them from which you have to graduate to go to university) you have to learn at least two foreign languages, at the "lower level" schools it is enough if you learn English.
2007-03-02 13:19:10 · answer #2 · answered by Elly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in italy we study english and french or german
2007-03-02 13:04:21 · answer #3 · answered by chiara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USA-french, chinese, spanish, english
australia-indonesian, japanese
2007-03-02 16:21:27 · answer #4 · answered by agent_starfire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋