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American who just got a C+ on a French quiz reporting in. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 24/09/2010 06:09:31 PM
1) Which languages did you learn in school, and for how long?

Latin (9 years), Greek (3 semesters), French (5 semesters), will be taking Arabic next year.

2) Which languages would you say you speak with some degree of fluency?

English. With a bit of work I'd be proficient in Latin again.

3) Do you think languages get too much attention in the school system you went to, too little, or just about enough?

Not nearly enough. My actual high school had something like eight languages available when I enrolled; by the time I graduated it was down to three (well, four, but they dropped Greek soon after).

4) What do you think of the remarkable dominance of English that appears in the data?

Given the past century, I am hardly surprised.
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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/Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Legolas - 24/09/2010 01:37:42 PM 1210 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Floffe - 24/09/2010 01:49:32 PM 643 Views
Answering the survey myself... Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:04:39 PM 645 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Camilla - 24/09/2010 02:10:57 PM 631 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:20:45 PM 766 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Camilla - 24/09/2010 02:24:01 PM 654 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Lordling - 24/09/2010 02:14:52 PM 687 Views
We have a similar situation in Belgium. Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:32:25 PM 549 Views
It is all double dutch to me snoopcester - 24/09/2010 02:41:41 PM 633 Views
Hah! Camilla - 24/09/2010 06:58:49 PM 715 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Mark - 24/09/2010 03:32:09 PM 583 Views
That is rather sad to say the least. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:15:32 PM 819 Views
Indeed Mark - 24/09/2010 06:23:52 PM 620 Views
That's just Paris being a city of nasty people. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:32:40 PM 771 Views
I never noticed that Camilla - 24/09/2010 07:05:18 PM 656 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe jh - 24/09/2010 04:00:04 PM 701 Views
I didn't mean just in Sweden, or Scandinavia. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:19:32 PM 674 Views
Well... jh - 24/09/2010 10:50:09 PM 594 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe BlackAdder - 24/09/2010 05:47:09 PM 657 Views
Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:04:30 PM 612 Views
Re: Interesting. BlackAdder - 24/09/2010 06:42:02 PM 758 Views
Re: Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 07:05:44 PM 668 Views
Re: Interesting. BlackAdder - 24/09/2010 07:21:24 PM 794 Views
Re: Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 08:18:30 PM 645 Views
Re: Interesting. everynametaken - 25/09/2010 08:02:30 PM 707 Views
American who just got a C+ on a French quiz reporting in. Ghavrel - 24/09/2010 06:09:31 PM 715 Views
What was it on? Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:22:35 PM 616 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Macharius - 24/09/2010 06:16:22 PM 570 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) The_Muted_Grimaud - 24/09/2010 09:38:05 PM 757 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) beckstcw - 25/09/2010 05:49:05 AM 738 Views
Real quick ironclad - 25/09/2010 12:03:51 PM 710 Views
Self-study can be worth as much as formal classroom study, I suppose Larry - 25/09/2010 03:43:14 PM 714 Views
Certainly it can. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:35:56 PM 720 Views
You know, gen eds typically include a language. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/09/2010 07:28:57 PM 276 Views
Yes, but other things as well. Legolas - 26/09/2010 08:08:20 PM 656 Views
Interesting Larry - 27/09/2010 03:14:00 AM 817 Views
Re: Interesting Legolas - 27/09/2010 11:04:37 AM 721 Views
You don't have to prove it's economically valid? Ghavrel - 27/09/2010 08:31:46 PM 734 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) (beat.) - 25/09/2010 04:54:40 PM 858 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) everynametaken - 25/09/2010 07:38:29 PM 783 Views
The amount of German is more surprising. Joel - 25/09/2010 07:55:29 PM 533 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Morgawse - 26/09/2010 12:07:19 AM 800 Views
They should have asked about second languages rather than foreign languages. Tim - 26/09/2010 11:34:27 AM 635 Views
Aye, they should have. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:26:51 PM 756 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Stephen - 27/09/2010 03:18:30 PM 691 Views
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