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[The Larch]

You sound like a true Northern Portuguese regionalist. South of Porto: Moors!

Nah, just a more understandable accent.

[Admiral Yi]

Kind of surprising that 100% of French students study English. 

[MadImmortalMan]

Kind of surprising that 100% of French students study English. 

It's the lingua franca.

[Admiral Yi]

It's the lingua franca.

My surprise is based on the results, not the motivation.  Studying English in this day and age is a no brainer.

Actually my observations are 30 years old and for all I know the French could be chattering away in English like Scandinavians now.

[Liep]

It's the lingua franca.

My surprise is based on the results, not the motivation.  Studying English in this day and age is a no brainer.

Actually my observations are 30 years old and for all I know the French could be chattering away in English like Scandinavians now.

The French are definitely getting there.

[The Brain]

It's the lingua franca.

My surprise is based on the results, not the motivation.  Studying English in this day and age is a no brainer.

Actually my observations are 30 years old and for all I know the French could be chattering away in English like Scandinavians now.

They sure are. 'Allo 'Allo was hugely popular in Sweden.

[Valmy]

Kind of surprising that 100% of French students study English. 

Yeah they take it through all 12 years of school. A few years getting out of school they remember nothing. Or at least that is what I was told 20 years ago 

[Barrister]

Kind of surprising that 100% of French students study English. 

Yeah they take it through all 12 years of school. A few years getting out of school they remember nothing. Or at least that is what I was told 20 years ago 

Well at least that's consistent with how my french schooling worked.

[Admiral Yi]

The other thing interesting about that graphic is the complete absence of Chinese. 

[The Brain]

 

Enough?

[Liep]

The other thing interesting about that graphic is the complete absence of Chinese. 

Only place you can study Chinese here is uni, unless you go to a fancy private school.

[The Larch]

The other thing interesting about that graphic is the complete absence of Chinese.

Why should Chinese be taught in high schools over here?

[Admiral Yi]

Why should Chinese be taught in high schools over here?

So that students can make a lot of money when they graduate.

[The Larch]

Why should Chinese be taught in high schools over here?

So that students can make a lot of money when they graduate.

I doubt that Chinese is of great value for the average European high schooler.

[Grey Fox]

I had to take both english & french in school. I still remember both.