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Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Stephen Send a noteboard - 27/09/2010 03:18:30 PM
1) Which languages did you learn in school, and for how long?

English and Irish since Junior Infants ie since I was 4, and German since first year of secondary school for 6 years.
2) Which languages would you say you speak with some degree of fluency?

English. I can hold a conversation in Irish if it's not with someone who speaks a Donegal or Ulster dialect, aand my German is passable if basic. Also, I'm fairly good at picking up the odd phrase of Romance languages but have little general knowledge of them.
3) Do you think languages get too much attention in the school system you went to, too little, or just about enough?

I believe that I never had a good Irish teacher, and that other languages should be taught earlier, but only as an optional extra. Similarly, I believe Irish should be optional by secondary school.
4) What do you think of the remarkable dominance of English that appears in the data?

Not overly suprising, if a ittle sad
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/Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Legolas - 24/09/2010 01:37:42 PM 1278 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Floffe - 24/09/2010 01:49:32 PM 701 Views
Answering the survey myself... Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:04:39 PM 702 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Camilla - 24/09/2010 02:10:57 PM 689 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:20:45 PM 829 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Camilla - 24/09/2010 02:24:01 PM 713 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Lordling - 24/09/2010 02:14:52 PM 747 Views
We have a similar situation in Belgium. Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:32:25 PM 613 Views
It is all double dutch to me snoopcester - 24/09/2010 02:41:41 PM 697 Views
Hah! Camilla - 24/09/2010 06:58:49 PM 781 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Mark - 24/09/2010 03:32:09 PM 641 Views
That is rather sad to say the least. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:15:32 PM 871 Views
Indeed Mark - 24/09/2010 06:23:52 PM 683 Views
That's just Paris being a city of nasty people. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:32:40 PM 833 Views
I never noticed that Camilla - 24/09/2010 07:05:18 PM 718 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe jh - 24/09/2010 04:00:04 PM 755 Views
I didn't mean just in Sweden, or Scandinavia. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:19:32 PM 745 Views
Well... jh - 24/09/2010 10:50:09 PM 648 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe BlackAdder - 24/09/2010 05:47:09 PM 718 Views
Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:04:30 PM 671 Views
Re: Interesting. BlackAdder - 24/09/2010 06:42:02 PM 818 Views
Re: Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 07:05:44 PM 729 Views
Re: Interesting. BlackAdder - 24/09/2010 07:21:24 PM 844 Views
Re: Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 08:18:30 PM 704 Views
Re: Interesting. everynametaken - 25/09/2010 08:02:30 PM 774 Views
American who just got a C+ on a French quiz reporting in. Ghavrel - 24/09/2010 06:09:31 PM 771 Views
What was it on? Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:22:35 PM 688 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Macharius - 24/09/2010 06:16:22 PM 630 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) The_Muted_Grimaud - 24/09/2010 09:38:05 PM 820 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) beckstcw - 25/09/2010 05:49:05 AM 805 Views
Real quick ironclad - 25/09/2010 12:03:51 PM 779 Views
Self-study can be worth as much as formal classroom study, I suppose Larry - 25/09/2010 03:43:14 PM 772 Views
Certainly it can. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:35:56 PM 769 Views
You know, gen eds typically include a language. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/09/2010 07:28:57 PM 306 Views
Yes, but other things as well. Legolas - 26/09/2010 08:08:20 PM 715 Views
Interesting Larry - 27/09/2010 03:14:00 AM 869 Views
Re: Interesting Legolas - 27/09/2010 11:04:37 AM 781 Views
You don't have to prove it's economically valid? Ghavrel - 27/09/2010 08:31:46 PM 795 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) (beat.) - 25/09/2010 04:54:40 PM 916 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) everynametaken - 25/09/2010 07:38:29 PM 838 Views
The amount of German is more surprising. Joel - 25/09/2010 07:55:29 PM 590 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Morgawse - 26/09/2010 12:07:19 AM 851 Views
They should have asked about second languages rather than foreign languages. Tim - 26/09/2010 11:34:27 AM 703 Views
Aye, they should have. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:26:51 PM 814 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Stephen - 27/09/2010 03:18:30 PM 754 Views
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