Eurostat data | Friday 24 September 2010
In the EU in 2008, 79% of pupils at primary level and 83% of those in upper secondary level general programmes were studying a foreign language. At both levels, English was the usual first foreign language. A second foreign language was studied by 10% of pupils at primary level and 39% at upper secondary level, with French and German the most common. These data were published by Eurostat on the occasion of the European Day of Languages, celebrated each year, on 26 September. Lire la suite...