What languages did you learn at school? I had this question for a long time. For example, I'm Ukrainian and I have two native languages, which are Ukrainian and Russian. Almost all the people of my co

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What languages did you learn at school? I had this question for a long time. For example, I'm Ukrainian and I have two native languages, which are Ukrainian and Russian. Almost all the people of my country speak these two languages. And they learn English at school because it is an international language (usually they have English classes twice a week). Only those people who study in the school skilled in foreign languages can learn some other language too (French, German, and etc.). But what languages do the English native speakers learn? Is the learning of any foreign language obligatory for you? If you learned any foreign language at school, then how many classes did you have per week?

3 nov. 2015 11:47

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What languages did you learn at school?

I had this question for a long time. For example, I'm Ukrainian and I have two native languages, which are Ukrainian and Russian. Almost all the people in my country speak these two languages. And they learn English at school because it is an international language (usually they have English classes twice a week). Only those people who study in the school specialising in foreign languages can learn some other language too (French, German, and etc.). But what languages do the English native speakers learn? Is the learning of any foreign language obligatory for you? If you learned any foreign language at school, then how many classes did you have per week?

Hello VIK,

It is a long, long time ago but when I started secondary school we had French and a choice of Latin or German. I took German, but only one year as I wanted to do Biology. (I often think I should have taken Latin. Isn't hindsight a wonderful thing!) I think most schools had French but I know some of them had Spanish instead.

Bob

3 november 2015

My high school offered French and Spanish. Kris is right, most people in the US take Spanish. I had class 5 days a week for two years. I never became fluent because the way they teach it is not effective. I think everyone had to take one year of a foreign language at my highschool (in California).

3 november 2015

Ah... Italian... I'll learn it one day at least because I like it very much! Thank you, Kris!

3 november 2015

Well, it depends on the school and the country. In the US, most people take Spanish (at least until they get to high school). Different schools offer different languages. For example, I’m taking Italian and I have it every day. However, one of my friends who goes to the same school takes Spanish and she has it three times a week.

3 november 2015

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