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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 1307 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Floffe - 24/09/2010 01:49:32 PM 723 Views
Answering the survey myself... Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:04:39 PM 731 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Camilla - 24/09/2010 02:10:57 PM 717 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:20:45 PM 858 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Camilla - 24/09/2010 02:24:01 PM 744 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Lordling - 24/09/2010 02:14:52 PM 774 Views
We have a similar situation in Belgium. Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:32:25 PM 643 Views
It is all double dutch to me snoopcester - 24/09/2010 02:41:41 PM 722 Views
Hah! Camilla - 24/09/2010 06:58:49 PM 803 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Mark - 24/09/2010 03:32:09 PM 668 Views
That is rather sad to say the least. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:15:32 PM 892 Views
Indeed Mark - 24/09/2010 06:23:52 PM 708 Views
That's just Paris being a city of nasty people. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:32:40 PM 854 Views
I never noticed that Camilla - 24/09/2010 07:05:18 PM 746 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe jh - 24/09/2010 04:00:04 PM 780 Views
I didn't mean just in Sweden, or Scandinavia. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:19:32 PM 774 Views
Well... jh - 24/09/2010 10:50:09 PM 674 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe BlackAdder - 24/09/2010 05:47:09 PM 746 Views
Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:04:30 PM 695 Views
Re: Interesting. BlackAdder - 24/09/2010 06:42:02 PM 843 Views
Re: Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 07:05:44 PM 751 Views
Re: Interesting. BlackAdder - 24/09/2010 07:21:24 PM 865 Views
Re: Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 08:18:30 PM 728 Views
Re: Interesting. everynametaken - 25/09/2010 08:02:30 PM 800 Views
American who just got a C+ on a French quiz reporting in. Ghavrel - 24/09/2010 06:09:31 PM 803 Views
What was it on? Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:22:35 PM 712 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe Macharius - 24/09/2010 06:16:22 PM 658 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) The_Muted_Grimaud - 24/09/2010 09:38:05 PM 844 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) beckstcw - 25/09/2010 05:49:05 AM 829 Views
Real quick ironclad - 25/09/2010 12:03:51 PM 806 Views
Self-study can be worth as much as formal classroom study, I suppose Larry - 25/09/2010 03:43:14 PM 801 Views
Certainly it can. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:35:56 PM 800 Views
You know, gen eds typically include a language. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/09/2010 07:28:57 PM 315 Views
Yes, but other things as well. Legolas - 26/09/2010 08:08:20 PM 737 Views
Interesting Larry - 27/09/2010 03:14:00 AM 895 Views
Re: Interesting Legolas - 27/09/2010 11:04:37 AM 807 Views
You don't have to prove it's economically valid? Ghavrel - 27/09/2010 08:31:46 PM 827 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) (beat.) - 25/09/2010 04:54:40 PM 939 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) everynametaken - 25/09/2010 07:38:29 PM 863 Views
The amount of German is more surprising. Joel - 25/09/2010 07:55:29 PM 617 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Morgawse - 26/09/2010 12:07:19 AM 879 Views
They should have asked about second languages rather than foreign languages. Tim - 26/09/2010 11:34:27 AM 732 Views
Aye, they should have. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:26:51 PM 839 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Stephen - 27/09/2010 03:18:30 PM 775 Views
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