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What language courses did they have in your country’s schools? (thelemmy.club)

submitted 4 weeks ago by relation_anon4238@thelemmy.club to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My school had Spanish, French, or German.

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[–] viscacha@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In my German “Gymnasium“, we had English, French, Latin and Russian.

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I've been always surprised that Spanish is not as relevant as it should be in the German system, as for the german speakers it's really easy to pick up and master, also Mallorca is practically a german city.

[–] viscacha@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That‘s true. On the contrary, having taken French and Latin, I picked up basic Spanish and Italian almost on the go, when visiting these countries.

Also French is prioritised as it’s our direct neighbour.

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes but Italy is also a neighboring country. I blame the Big French corpos

[–] viscacha@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Italy and Germany do not have a common border.

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah shit! You got me. Then polish and czech?

[–] viscacha@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Well, it depends. The south-western states usually prioritise French, some north-western offer Dutch. Idk abt the eastern states but judging by the world population speaking either polish or czech, I would believe those are more optional courses, if anything.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm not sure I would agree, maybe it's a regional thing or a generational thing (mid 20s here), but every school I know of here in germany offered spanish as a 3rd language