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Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Floffe Send a noteboard - 24/09/2010 01:49:32 PM
1) Which languages did you learn in school, and for how long?

Swedish: all 12 years. English: started in year 3 (or possibly 4), so should be 10 (or 9). French: 3 years (7-9). Spanish: 3 years (10-12). I kinda regret that I switched from French to Spanish as now I don't feel I know either well enough to be properly useful.
2) Which languages would you say you speak with some degree of fluency?

Swedish and English, but having studied the the other languages mentioned above I can also pick up a little of other latin-based languages.
3) Do you think languages get too much attention in the school system you went to, too little, or just about enough?

About enough. One can choose an extra foreign language generally from grade 6 now (or have extra Swedish and English), and after grade 9 only those in university-preparing programmes have to take an extra language.
4) What do you think of the remarkable dominance of English that appears in the data?

Unsurprising.
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/Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Legolas - 24/09/2010 01:37:42 PM 1374 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Floffe - 24/09/2010 01:49:32 PM 784 Views
Answering the survey myself... Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:04:39 PM 793 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Camilla - 24/09/2010 02:10:57 PM 774 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:20:45 PM 922 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Camilla - 24/09/2010 02:24:01 PM 802 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Lordling - 24/09/2010 02:14:52 PM 832 Views
We have a similar situation in Belgium. Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:32:25 PM 706 Views
It is all double dutch to me snoopcester - 24/09/2010 02:41:41 PM 776 Views
Hah! Camilla - 24/09/2010 06:58:49 PM 866 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Mark - 24/09/2010 03:32:09 PM 724 Views
That is rather sad to say the least. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:15:32 PM 958 Views
Indeed Mark - 24/09/2010 06:23:52 PM 770 Views
That's just Paris being a city of nasty people. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:32:40 PM 915 Views
I never noticed that Camilla - 24/09/2010 07:05:18 PM 811 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe jh - 24/09/2010 04:00:04 PM 848 Views
I didn't mean just in Sweden, or Scandinavia. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:19:32 PM 836 Views
Well... jh - 24/09/2010 10:50:09 PM 733 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe BlackAdder - 24/09/2010 05:47:09 PM 824 Views
Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:04:30 PM 756 Views
Re: Interesting. BlackAdder - 24/09/2010 06:42:02 PM 909 Views
Re: Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 07:05:44 PM 817 Views
Re: Interesting. BlackAdder - 24/09/2010 07:21:24 PM 927 Views
Re: Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 08:18:30 PM 795 Views
Re: Interesting. everynametaken - 25/09/2010 08:02:30 PM 863 Views
American who just got a C+ on a French quiz reporting in. Ghavrel - 24/09/2010 06:09:31 PM 865 Views
What was it on? Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:22:35 PM 773 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Macharius - 24/09/2010 06:16:22 PM 725 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) The_Muted_Grimaud - 24/09/2010 09:38:05 PM 906 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) beckstcw - 25/09/2010 05:49:05 AM 894 Views
Real quick ironclad - 25/09/2010 12:03:51 PM 868 Views
Self-study can be worth as much as formal classroom study, I suppose Larry - 25/09/2010 03:43:14 PM 858 Views
Certainly it can. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:35:56 PM 866 Views
You know, gen eds typically include a language. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/09/2010 07:28:57 PM 340 Views
Yes, but other things as well. Legolas - 26/09/2010 08:08:20 PM 797 Views
Interesting Larry - 27/09/2010 03:14:00 AM 970 Views
Re: Interesting Legolas - 27/09/2010 11:04:37 AM 874 Views
You don't have to prove it's economically valid? Ghavrel - 27/09/2010 08:31:46 PM 888 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) (beat.) - 25/09/2010 04:54:40 PM 1007 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) everynametaken - 25/09/2010 07:38:29 PM 929 Views
The amount of German is more surprising. Joel - 25/09/2010 07:55:29 PM 682 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Morgawse - 26/09/2010 12:07:19 AM 942 Views
They should have asked about second languages rather than foreign languages. Tim - 26/09/2010 11:34:27 AM 796 Views
Aye, they should have. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:26:51 PM 897 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Stephen - 27/09/2010 03:18:30 PM 848 Views
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