Comment on Why don;t most of us Americans only need like one foreign language to pass high school? Why not make it mandatory for like 3 or 4 languages?Would that not give us the upper hand when traveling?

ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• AskewLord@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  7th grade? I never took a foreign language until 9th grade. I have two nephews, and both of them never took one until 10th.

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  • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Mine was 7th and 8th were each half of WhateverLanguage 1 course.

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• neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Not sure about other countries, but here in Norway, English lessons start in the 2nd grade. It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s similar in the rest of Europe.

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  • bufalo1973@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    In Spain there are places where two languages are taught at once since the first minute.  There are two official languages. And a third one is taught soon after that.

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    • neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Basque, I’m guessing?

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  • percent@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think this is one of the reasons why people from English-speaking countries are less motivated to learn other languages; English is almost everywhere, to varying degrees.

    It’s sort of a gift and a curse. I enjoy learning languages, but there’s no practical need for me to, so I’m bad at it 🙈

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  • Waldelfe@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    English starts in 3rd grade here and a second language like French or Spanish usually in 5th grade. Starting to learn foreign languages in high school is wild.

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  • grranibal@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    In Portugal, mandatory English classes start on the 5th grade, but from 1st grade kids have the option to take English classes as an extracurricular

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