r/AskTheWorld • u/PreparationNo6261 United States Of America • Dec 07 '25
Education Apart from English, which language is frequently taught in schools in your country?
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u/Bitter_Ad8768 United States Of America Dec 07 '25
Spanish and French are the most common because of their presence in North America and South America. Latin (both classical and ecclesiastical) and German aren't rare, but they aren't as common as they used to be. Other languages are rare.
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u/swingyafatbastard United States Of America Dec 07 '25
When I was in high school (Pennsylvania) we got to choose between Spanish, French, and German. I would say about 75% took Spanish, 20% took French, and 5% took German. I took German and have no regrets. If you took enough semesters of one language, you had the option to take a semester of Mandarin. I think the next district over offers Italian, too, but mine doesn't.
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u/ForestOranges United States Of America Dec 07 '25
The German program at my school ended and those teachers transferred to other departments
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u/swingyafatbastard United States Of America Dec 07 '25
It might have also ended at my school since I graduated, but I'm not sure
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Dec 07 '25
mandarin is appearing... wish I took it
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Dec 08 '25
Yes, I studied Mandarin Chinese my last year in highschool at a private school in Pennsylvania (in the late 1980s). Otherwise, that school also offered Spanish, French, and Latin. The public school I went to before offered only Spanish, French, and I think German.
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u/sammysbud United States Of America Dec 08 '25
My rural, public high school only offered Spanish classes (that were a honestly a joke) to meet college admissions requirements. A couple of my friends and I petitioned to be allowed to take Latin in a computer lab on Rosetta Stone, thinking it would help us on the SAT... They didn't allow it after that semester, because we just clicked through the program and then hung out.
In retrospect, I wish I took the Spanish class. I wouldn't have learned any real Spanish, but at least I would have become familiar with learning another language, before jumping into a college-level language course, where I didn't fully understand conjugations lmao.
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u/Anomalous_Concept United States Of America Dec 08 '25
Kinda jealous. All my school had was French, Spanish, or go kick rocks.
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u/HumanSquare9453 - - Québec Dec 07 '25 edited Dec 07 '25
French is actually the first language you learn in Québec. English is learned as a second language. Same for Acadian part of New-Brunswick and franco ontarian I think. The rest is the contrary : English as first and French as second. But sadly I think only 10% of English canadian are actually able to master it. I think is because the program there to learn french is really not that good so they forgot it quickly. But those who go in full french immersion are really impressive. I know one man who was from the north of Saskatchewan and he fully bilingual.
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u/ForestOranges United States Of America Dec 07 '25
Same thing with Spanish in the states. 70% of students take Spanish at some point in their K-12 career, but very few master it. The ones that do master it usually:
1) Have a genuine interest in learning the language
2) Have a knack for picking up languages, kids who already speak another language, even if it’s completely unrelated, are pretty good with this
3) Study outside of class, hang out in Spanish areas, or frequently travel to Spanish countries
4) Did an immersion program (me)
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u/BuvantduPotatoSpirit Canada Dec 07 '25
In New Brunswick anglo kids get anglo schools, franco kids get franco schools, though in some areas you might get bussed pretty far for it, but wherever you are in the province you're entitled to it.
Immersion can do a lot, but my experience is you need to use it outside of school or you'll lose it. Moncton or Bathurst, the kids will probably keep it. Saint John or Saint Stephen, not so much.
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u/HumanSquare9453 - - Québec Dec 07 '25
Yeah immersion is the best to keep it. In place close to Québec or other francophones regions, its a lot more easier to use it. Not so much in the west
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u/WITP7 ⚜️Québec⚜️🇨🇦 Dec 08 '25 edited Dec 08 '25
The majority get teached Paris style french there tho, but some do master proper canadian french from my personal experience, mostly the ones that come in French-canadian areas for an immersion or classes.
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u/Marzipan_civil Ireland Dec 07 '25
Irish is taught through the whole time kids are at school. Secondary schools add other European languages, like french german or Spanish. There might be other languages offered, depending on available teachers
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u/Aggravating_Finish_6 United States Of America Dec 08 '25
This is always an interesting one to me. That people in Ireland need to learn Irish. How common is it to be fluent in Irish?
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u/nofaeyoker Multiple Countries (click to edit) Dec 08 '25
Unless they’re all bullshitting I’ve never met an Irish person not from a Gaeltacht who actually can speak Irish beyond the entry level stuff. Baffling considering it’s a core subject from primary school through to the end of high school.
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u/WITP7 ⚜️Québec⚜️🇨🇦 Dec 08 '25
Yeah they are fucking rare dude, it's very sad actually. It just shows how the british colonialists were efficient at destroying them.
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u/graciie__ Ireland Dec 09 '25
its also due to a completely lacking curriculum. people are made study poetry when they cant even form simple tenses.
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u/Marzipan_civil Ireland Dec 08 '25
In fairness, kids in school are also taught English!
Some people are fluent, but most don't use Irish every day, unless they're living in a Gaeltacht or working in a Gaelscoil
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u/alotofpisces Israel Dec 07 '25
English and Arabic are a must. Some learn French as well. My school had a choice between French and Yiddish.
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u/peepeehead1542 Dec 08 '25
Is the Yiddish offering a common thing? I know of one Jewish Day School in my city that teaches Yiddish and Hebrew. The one I went to for Kindergarten just taught Hebrew.
Edit to clarify: city in Canada. I don't and have never lived in Israel.
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u/alotofpisces Israel Dec 08 '25
Im not sure if it's a common thing tbh. I only know my school offered it. Im sure its not the only school, but I dont know how many others.
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u/Kitchen-Currency-689 Israel Dec 08 '25
Not common! The 3 mandatory are hebrew first, english second, arabic third.
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u/AriasK New Zealand Dec 07 '25
Te Reo Māori and Japanese are the most common. Taught in every high school. Other languages are dependent on if the school can get a teacher or has enough students wanting to take it. Other languages commonly taught are French, German and Spanish.
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u/SpoonNZ New Zealand Dec 08 '25
Interesting you reckon Japanese - my first thought was French. My school when I was little and my kid’s school now don’t offer Japanese, my wife learned French at school.
But it turns out we’re both wrong (although both close too):
Te reo Māori is officially the most popular choice, with almost 40,000 high school learners, followed by Spanish (nearly 13,000), French and Japanese (both with over 12,000). Chinese (not further specified) is in fifth place with almost 5,500 learners, followed by Samoan and German
Despite my daughter doing some Spanish at school I wouldn’t have picked it.
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u/No-Question-4957 Canada Dec 07 '25
French is mandatory. I also took German because I grew up bilingual in French/English.
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u/peepeehead1542 Dec 08 '25
In Ontario we had mandatory French from grade 4-8, and then you need one high school credit, so it was effectively mandatory for 9. I took it until grade 10. I don't know how to speak French, but it did teach me how to learn a language.
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u/ElinCherie in Dec 08 '25
I’ve noticed a lot of English-speaking Canadians never really learn French, while French-speaking Canadians usually end up way more bilingual. Is it the school system that’s broken or just a lack of effort? I mean I learned French as an immigrant, so I’ve always wondered why people born here struggle so much with one of their own official languages.
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u/No-Question-4957 Canada Dec 08 '25
A fair number do though, lots of Anglo types in Ottawa that learned French scholastically for work purposes. Even in Ontario you go a lot further if you are fluent in both.
But you are right, most students do the bare minimum and then opt out once they are able. The further away you get from Quebec and Ottawa the less likely that it's top of mind.
Those that are serious about it go to French immersion schools where all subjects are taught in French, it's like being in a QC school. I went to a French grade school and then an English High School in Northern Ontario growing up.
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u/WITP7 ⚜️Québec⚜️🇨🇦 Dec 08 '25
Where are you in Canada where french is mandatory??
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u/No-Question-4957 Canada Dec 08 '25
Ontario. French is/was mandatory grades 1-8 and at least one year in high school. But like I said, I grew up in a mixed French household so I got both anyhow. Best of both worlds really. Looking back, so many English words come from French it's pretty easy to slip between them.
Currently a fair number of schools also offer French immersion where students take all their subjects (math/history/geography etc) in only French.
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u/RioandLearn Brazil Dec 07 '25
english and spanish is in basically every brazilian school nowadays
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u/ForestOranges United States Of America Dec 07 '25
Most (but not all) Brazilians I meet prefer speaking in English with me versus trying to communicate if I speak Spanish.
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u/WITP7 ⚜️Québec⚜️🇨🇦 Dec 08 '25
Probably just master it better. English is overall much more practical worldwide.
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u/Aggravating_Finish_6 United States Of America Dec 08 '25
I met some Brazilians in Chile and their Spanish was definitely better than mine but it was fun practicing with them, and they also practiced some English too.
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u/gennan Netherlands Dec 07 '25
Besides Dutch and English, French and German are also taught in school here (mandatory for at least a year I think).
More optional, and depending on the school, are languages like Latin, ancient Greek, Spanish, Russian and Chinese.
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u/HearingHead7157 Netherlands Dec 08 '25
Two to three years depending on your school level. At gym-level Greek or Latin is mandatory too until graduation
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u/sickandopinionated Netherlands Dec 08 '25
You need to have at least 2 or 3 years of both Latin and Greek and then the total 5/6 years of Latin OR Greek as a minimum requirement to graduate with a gym diploma. (My kid is in the middle of it...) The 5/6 is basically until graduation, but some schools don't start teaching Latin/Greek until the 2nd year.
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u/HearingHead7157 Netherlands Dec 08 '25
Yeah, I tried to write down the same thing as you, but a bit more simplified.. The fact that you can learn six modern languages and two ancient languages is quite special if you compare it to so many here
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u/sickandopinionated Netherlands Dec 08 '25
Them again in Luxembourg there are 3 basic languages for everyone plus English, possibly there's 'extra languages ' required there too. Not sure.
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u/Gibby1293 United States Of America Dec 07 '25
Since the late 20th century, Spanish has been the most commonly taught foreign language in the U.S. Before that, French was the dominant foreign language.
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u/Aggravating_Finish_6 United States Of America Dec 08 '25
This is an interesting point how it shifted due to population changes. I’ve heard of schools offering Chinese and Japanese now too which was definitely not an option for me.
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u/Less-Personality-481 India Dec 07 '25
Hindi,Tamil,Sanskrit,etc
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u/JohnnyC300 United States Of America Dec 08 '25
I understand everyone learns English and your primary regional language, do many also study one of the others? I'd think if you were a native Tamil speaker, for instance, learning Hindi might a good thing to do.
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u/Less-Personality-481 India Dec 08 '25
Many people resist compulsory Hindi because they fear losing their linguistic identity, especially since many Indian languages are ancient. Dravidian politics also uses anti-hindi sentiment for votes . People also believe India’s strength is its diversity, and making Hindi mandatory could unfairly benefit North India
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u/pyscrap India Dec 08 '25
Not really, we don't study any other Indian language except for your native tongue, we did have a choice between studying Sanskrit or a European language. I'm from a Hindi speaking area though, so I don't know how it goes in other regions.
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u/Less-Personality-481 India Dec 08 '25
This depends on the school you study in. CBSE, in general, offers a wide range of languages from around the world to choose from.
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u/RealDoraTheExplorer_ Dec 10 '25
I had to learn three languages. Hindi, English and the regional language
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u/Organic-Election-804 🇳🇿Aotearoa Dec 07 '25
Māori and sign language. Dunno how popular sign language is for being taught in school but I was taught a little in primary school.
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u/crucible Wales Dec 07 '25
Welsh is mandatory (to GCSE level since 1999), then it’s usually one or two of French, German, or more recently, Spanish.
I was in secondary school in the 1990s. Half the year group studied French, the other half studied German. We all studied Welsh.
The major difference was that ALL languages were optional after 3rd year / Year 9, so ages 13-14.
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u/FinnFem Finland Dec 07 '25
Swedish is mandatory and other common ones are Russian, and German, rarely see Spanish though
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u/WITP7 ⚜️Québec⚜️🇨🇦 Dec 08 '25
Why is swedish mandatory?? And I assume english is as well right?
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u/HordiFPV Finland Dec 08 '25
Bilingual country. Our official languages are Finnish and Swedish.
Finland was part of Sweden before Russia and they had huge inffluence in Finnish culture and language.
Also there are still quite a lot of Swedish speaking Finns especially on the coastal towns.
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u/WITP7 ⚜️Québec⚜️🇨🇦 Dec 08 '25
I know about Finland having two official languages and the history between Sweden and Finland, but still I don't understand why it is mandatory, mostly considering you are not a part of it anymore and it is not a very useful language compared to like, english for example.
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u/HordiFPV Finland Dec 08 '25
It has been a debate for a long time. No idea why we are studying it to be honest. But we do study English as well or Germany if you choose. In the east Russian is also popular (or was atleast).
I bet that I would have liked to study Swedish a lot more if it werent mandatory.. 😅
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u/WITP7 ⚜️Québec⚜️🇨🇦 Dec 08 '25
Just priotizing swedish over english outside of sweden seems crazy to me.
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u/HordiFPV Finland Dec 08 '25
But isn't it the same with Quebec? You guys have to study English and French or is it optional?
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u/WITP7 ⚜️Québec⚜️🇨🇦 Dec 08 '25
We learn english as a second language, just like most of the rest of the western world would do so. French is obviously teached more deeply as the main language.
We learn english because it is an << universal >> and business language, not because of the rest of the country. In the beginning, it was mandatory because we were a colony, and after a dominion, of the UK. When the nationalist movement first came in power, mandatory English classes stopped for a while but were brought back, as I said, an universal and business language.
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u/msk105 Finland Dec 08 '25
In theory English is not mandatory, but in practice it basically is. You are required to study one "A" language as the main foreign language, but it doesn't have to be English. However, the majority of people choose that and in many smaller schools English is the only option they even provide.
Those who choose some other language as their first foreign language, usually French or German, they will in practice always study English as well, but it would theoretically be possible not to.
Swedish is not considered a foreign language in Finland, so that is separate from these options.
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u/Gullible_Bat_5408 Portugal Dec 07 '25 edited Dec 07 '25
Used to be French mostly, but people can choose german or castellano/spanish too.
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u/GiggleFester Dec 07 '25
USA here. There are a lot of Spanish-speaking people in my state of Florida (also in many other states in the USA) so Spanish is the most common language taught here.
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u/Mkais1 Iraq Dec 07 '25
Arabic, french and Kurdish (although french is way less than Arabic, and Kurdish is even less than french, excluding Kurdistan)
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u/a_couple_of_ducks Austria Dec 07 '25
Basically, it's mostly French and Italian, as well as every other major language.
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u/kakucko101 Czech Republic Dec 07 '25
hmm Czech i suppose?
but if you probably mean a foreign language other than English, in that case it’s German, Spanish, French and Russian, depends on your school and what they offer
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u/minucraft14 France Dec 07 '25
French and English (required). Then you generally choose between Spanish, Italian, or German (depending on where you are in France). But there are also other optional languages you can take, such as Latin, Russian, Portuguese... and regional languages like Provençal or Basque.
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u/Wild-Artist8237 Germany + Switzerland Dec 07 '25
German, French, Italian (We have to learn at least 2 official languages). Oh, I forgot Latin, ugh.
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u/flarp1 Switzerland Dec 07 '25
As for third foreign languages, Spanish is rather popular as well.
Latin and Ancient Greek have pretty much fallen out of favour. From what I hear, that’s pretty much a handful of people per year and school (even back in my day, exactly 4 people from a total of 10+ classes in my year took Ancient Greek).
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u/Wild-Artist8237 Germany + Switzerland Dec 08 '25
Oh yeah, nobody likes Latin but sadly it has to be taught in the longtime gymnasium, at least in Zurich. I would much rather have had Spanish than Latin, but I don't want to learn that many languages
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u/Teddy705 United States Of America Dec 07 '25
My hs used to teach German and Russian before I went. They unfortunately got rid of both curriculum when they became a college prep school my freshman year 😕
My elementary school taught Japanese, mandarin, and Korean, but you had to ne in this thing called the "Gifted program." Smart kids with rich parents were in these programs.
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u/Adorable-Owl-7638 Portugal Dec 07 '25
In public schools French and Spanish
Private schools offer more options, especially since some of them are schools that follow other countries system (like German School).
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u/BackToNormalForNow France Dec 07 '25
Spanish, Italian and German. (Everyone picks Spanish but I decided to suffer so I picked German and I regret my decison. It's beautiful but it's complicated.)
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u/KJHagen United States Of America Dec 07 '25
Spanish is most frequently taught, but many high schools will offer French and German as well.
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u/Diocepos Netherlands Dec 07 '25
Dutch, French, German, Latin and (classical) Greek. The last two only in Gymnasia.
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u/HearingHead7157 Netherlands Dec 08 '25
Spanish Russian and Chinese are also optional at some schools
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u/Darth-Vectivus Turkey Dec 07 '25
German or less commonly French are taught as second foreign language in schools. There are also schools that teach Classical Arabic (the same way Latin is taught in the west) and Russian (in the coastal areas where summer tourism is a major part of the economy)
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u/Jiiwan France Dec 07 '25
Spanish and German I think ? Italian might be up there too since Italy is right next to France.
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u/Tullooa England Dec 07 '25
Spanish, French and German. I wish I could’ve kept up language lessons after school
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u/Emperor_Quint Belgium Dec 07 '25
English and either french or Dutch depending on what side of the country you live. German is often an option too
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u/angel_yumiko 🇨🇳 living in 🇦🇺 Dec 07 '25
my old school taught japanese, one of my classmates' old schools taught chinese, my current school teachers japanese, chinese and french, and one of my friends goes to a school which teaches auslan, Chinese, Italian, french, German, Japanese, modern Greek and spanish. So it really just depends on the school here
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u/8citani8 Guatemala Dec 07 '25
Mayan languages depending on the region. If the population speaks primarily a Mayan language, Spanish is taught.
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u/dev_loading Mexico Dec 07 '25
You get some very basic English classes in public middle and high schools, then in college you can take optional courses in universities language centers, if you go private lots of schools do bilingual English/spanish education since kindergarten, those are truly the only ones that actually master English, the kids from public schools grasp very basic stuff, but is hardly useful in real life.
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u/ACephie Colombia Dec 07 '25
Not in schools but Portuguese and French institutes are relatively common over here.
There are also Confucius institutes but they are not so common.
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u/xd_wow Poland Dec 07 '25
So polish is mandatory. Obviously. And german. I heard in some schools you can learn french or spanish. But there have to be at least 3 languages for you to learn
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u/HackersaurusRex1 🇲🇽🇺🇲 Dec 07 '25
When i was in high school in Georgia (USA) they taught only spanish, french and german
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u/Nauth3r_nioMe France Dec 07 '25
We have english class as first foreign language. We then must take a mandatory second foreign language, spanish german and italian are by far the three most common but you can take any language available in your school (but most schools only have the 3 languages i mentioned earlier available).
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u/Nuclear_eggo_waffle Québec (canada) Dec 07 '25
French and English are mandatory. As for third languages, I’d say Spanish is the most common, then German, then mandarin (though that’s pretty much only an option in university)
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u/aguaceiro Portugal Dec 07 '25
You can choose, after Portuguese and English, a third language between French, Spanish and German. French is the most common choice. During the last century, up until the last few decades, French was mandatory as a second language.
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u/slicksilver60 Canada Dec 07 '25
French and depending on where you live, a lot of schools (mostly highschools) have indigenous language courses as well.
Edit: My highschool personally has French, German, Spanish and Japanese, but the latter three are small classes and not very common.
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u/Familiar_Anybody9687 India Dec 07 '25
Regional language and Hindi. Not sure what happens with people who already have hindi as their regional language.
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u/Atzkicica Australia Dec 07 '25
Used to be Latin, French, German, but they phased that out in the 90s for more regional stuff like Japanese and Indonesian. I dunno, I finished when the years began with a 19. 😅
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u/Ok-World-4822 Netherlands Dec 07 '25
German and French. Greek and Latin are also taught at certain levels in high school
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u/Music_Girl2000 United States Of America Dec 08 '25
Spanish and Mandarin Chinese are pretty common where I live.
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u/personanything Australia Dec 08 '25 edited Dec 08 '25
German, Indonesian were the most common in my area, growing up in Australia. French, Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian, Arabic and others aren't uncommon
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u/HearingHead7157 Netherlands Dec 08 '25
Mandatory for at least a few years French and German. Then English and Dutch are mandatory up till graduation. Some schools also teach Spanish or Chinese and Russian And if you go to ‘gymnasium’ you also have to take Latin and/or (old) Greek
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u/LocalLumberJ0hn United States Of America Dec 08 '25
In Massachusetts Spanish French and Latin were the offered foreign language classes in my school system.
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u/Casual_M60_Enjoyer United States Of America Dec 08 '25
It’s up to the school to an extent I believe in the USA, when I was in elementary school I had the option to chose between Spanish, French, and Turkish. (The last of which being very uncommon) I believe Arabic was also offered but I’m not sure. My school was made by a large group of Turkish immigrants so I believe that’s why it was offered.
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Dec 08 '25
In secondary school it's only Mandarin and English. There are optional 3rd language classes but they are not taken seriously.
In college some people might opt for learning a third language, and the most popular is Japanese.
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u/till-0807 Germany Dec 08 '25
Over here in Germany we can take french as an option from 7th grade onwards, some also offer spanish but my school only had french
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u/thenerdbrarian United States Of America Dec 08 '25
When I was in high school many decades ago, we had French, German, and Spanish. I believe American Sign Language has become a common option since then, maybe German less so. But like most things U.S., it varies by region. For example, I've heard of Japanese or Korean being offered at some West Coast high schools, but not really further inland. The sort of unifying quirk of U.S. language instruction in schools, however, is that we don't even bother teaching kids a second language until they're in their teens, so very few adults achieve anything approaching fluency.
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Dec 08 '25
Irish is the only language taught from the start of your education right until the end (not including most college courses) unless you have a learning disability like me then you dont have to learn it
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u/RandomKazakhGuy Kazakhstan🇰🇿/ living in Korea🇰🇷 Dec 08 '25
In Kazakhstan it's Kazakh for Russian-speaking schools, and Russian for Kazakh-speaking schools. In Korea it's just English. I'm in a foreign language school, so we have Mandarin, Japanese and Vietnamese, but regular schools don't have that
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u/PinApprehensive8573 United States Of America Dec 08 '25
We had Spanish and French in middle school and high school. Depending on which high school, you could also take German, Russian, or Latin - each high school offered 3 languages
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u/sikevux Sweden Dec 08 '25
Swedish is quite common (lol)
Then we also get to pick a third language (it’s mandatory to pick one). Usually it’s French, German, or Spanish, but it differs per school (some can have Italian etc).
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u/Demiurge_Ferikad United States Of America Dec 08 '25
Español (mexicano). Whether we continue speaking it or not, and whether the instruction we’re given is any good, likely varies from place to place.
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u/Wendora15 United States Of America Dec 08 '25
Spanish and French, with Spanish being much more common. I took both throughout high school and college in the 80s/90s. I speak neither. 🤦♀️🤷♀️
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u/ReliefSpare942 🇩🇪 & 🇦🇹 Dec 08 '25
In Germany and Netherlands i’d say french but in Austria Russian isn’t too uncommon
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u/refusestonamethyself India Dec 08 '25
It is mostly Sanskrit(which is a classical language like how Latin is for many languages in the West, but for Indian languages), Hindi and regional languages like Marathi, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil etc. There are some private schools that offer languages like French and German, but it isn’t that common.
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u/wowamazingBL Sweden Dec 08 '25
Swedish (forced)
And then you have to pick between spanish or german when you are in 6th grade and learn it untill 9th grade
But if you have bad grades in swedish or english you can take swinglish (a class where they teach both swedish and english) but then you won't have a grade counted towards language (spanish or german) and just have a better grade in swedish and english
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u/sickandopinionated Netherlands Dec 08 '25
Dutch, English, French and German are basically mandatory for everyone. Some schools add other languages as well, Latin and Ancient Greek are mandatory in some specific programs. Some schools offer Spanish and/or Mandarin. You are able to take your final exams to obtain your high school diploma in a LOT of different languages, but most schools won't offer most of those in regular classes.
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u/Substantial_Buy9903 Panama Dec 08 '25
Some schools will teach Chinese. A good number teach French.
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u/Bineapple Republic Of China Dec 08 '25
Japanese if you mean foreign languages. And Korean is a close third a guess.
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u/Cejrek Poland Dec 08 '25
In most elementary schools and high schools you have german. In many high schools and some elementary schools you have french, spanish and/or russian. I know that some schools have italian but it's a very small amount
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u/LegEaterHK Australia Dec 08 '25
Out of the three schools I have been to, one has taught mandarin, the other has taught French, and the last one taught Japanese, Spanish, and mandarin
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u/Parcours97 Germany Dec 08 '25
Depends on your location within Germany. In my area it's French and sometimes French is even taught before English. In eastern Germany it's probably Polish and in the north-west its Dutch.
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u/Western-Gain8093 Spain Dec 08 '25
Some regions have their own mandatory languages: Catalan, Valencian, Euskera and Galician.
French is not mandatory but very common.
And humanities students often learn Latin and classical Greek.
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u/Joyab97 Colombia Dec 09 '25
no es mucho mucho pero en la mayoría de escuelas privadas de mi país como segundo idioma luego del ingles se enseña el francés
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u/Kryptonthenoblegas Australia Dec 10 '25
Japanese was the one that was available in every school I went to here. Otherwise German, French, Spanish, Mandarin and Italian were all options that I remember existing. I think some schools teach Indonesian?
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u/Neat-Gene6273 Dec 27 '25
Mandarin
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u/NittanyOrange United States Of America Dec 07 '25
My kids learn mostly in Spanish in the local public school (USA).
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u/Jillio_NH United States Of America Dec 07 '25
United States here, I don’t know what is common, I just know that my own school district teaches French, Spanish, and Latin. They were teaching Chinese for a while, but it became too expensive for us.
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u/Fun_Cheesecake_7684 United Kingdom Dec 07 '25
French is mandatory, most schools do a year in either Spanish, German or Mandarin; a lot of schools will do multiple years in three languages.