The latest Eurostat data presents data for 2023. It shows that by 0.8 percentage points The number of students who learn at least two foreign languages have dropped. The average for the EU dropped from 60.8 to equal to 60 percent.
Eurostat research includes both general and vocational education. In the case of the latter, the average is lower and amounts to 34.8 percent, i.e. by 1 percentage point. more than a year ago.
In nine European Union countries at least 90 percent high school students studied two or more foreign languages. The highest percentage was recorded in France (99.8 percent), Romania (99.1 percent) and the Czech Republic (98.5 percent).
Poland, although it is not at the forefront, it is better than the EU average. In our country 80 percent study two or more foreign languages. high school students.
At the second pole are, among others countries from the southwest of the continent. In Portugal, only every fifteenth student has classes with two or more foreign languages at school. In neighboring Spain, this percentage is 22.4 percent.
The situation in Ireland also looks poor in terms of language learning. Here, less than every tenth student of a general school encountered at at least two foreign languages at at least two foreign languages.
As for vocational education, Romania was the only EU country in which almost all students (97.2 percent) studied two or more foreign languages. Finland (85.0 percent) and Poland (78.0 percent) were in the following places.
Our country is One of the few, where the difference between general and professional education was so negligible.
The lowest percentage of students studying two or more foreign languages was observed among vocational school students in Malta (0 percent), in Spain and Greece (0.1 percent).
What languages dominate in Europe?
Eurostat also checked what foreign languages European students learn. There is no surprise here. English is definitely dominating. And both in general and professional education.
According to the office's data, it is aNglski was the most -taught foreign language in general and vocational education at high school level in the EU, and it was taught 96 and 80 percent, respectively. students.
In terms of general education, Spanish (27.1 percent) came in second, followed by German (21.2 percent), French (20.8 percent) and Italian (3.2 percent).
In vocational education, German was in second place (18.1 percent), followed by French (14.1 percent), Spanish (6.6 percent) and Russian (2.3 percent).
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Which languages make you earn in Poland?
A few weeks ago, we decided to look at skills in Business Insider Polska that can be completely independent of the university or education. It's about foreign languages, without which nowadays it is difficult to imagine the presence of the labor market.
Under the link below, we present the ranking based on job offers from the NO FLUFF JOBS website.
Experts checked for us how often in ads employers require knowledge of specific foreign languages and how much they can pay for it. The ranking found a place for several surprises. Relatively well, those who speak Czech can earn relatively well. But on one condition.
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