We Japanese have to study English since middle school. Japan's English curriculum aims to get a high score on exams so we are basically taught grammar and reading textbook, not speaking.
We have to read super difficult articles like The Economics to enter better universities.So, we memorize a lot of words and phrases and English teachers teach us how to read. However, most of the colleges don't give speaking test so we don't have to study speaking.
That's why almost all Japanese cannot speak English even though they've been studying it such a long time.
What do you think this curriculum? And I just want to know your country's foreign language education system.