In Poland, the group that speaks a foreign language most effectively are young people – students. According to “”, Poles are still educating themselves, and 53% of Poles learn some foreign language. What is the situation in other European countries?
How do Poles rate their knowledge of foreign languages? The results are optimistic
commissioned research on Poles’ holiday plans, trips abroad and the language barrier. The surveyed people were aged 18-70 and were asked about their own assessment of their language competences. The survey results are positive, as as many as 56% of people declared that they knew English at a communicative level. 24% believe that they can communicate well in Russian, and 17% in German. At the same time, respondents believe that the lack of knowledge of the language is not an obstacle to communicating with residents of other countries.
In which countries do residents not speak a foreign language? The northern countries fare the best
A foreign language is a compulsory language in schools not only in Poland, but also in Cyprus, Austria and Malta. Statista.com in 2016, which shows that as many as 65% of surveyed British residents do not know any foreign language. Romania came in second place – 64.2% of people declared that they only knew Romanian. Third place went to Hungary – 57.5% of respondents do not know any language other than Hungarian. How did Poland fare in this study? In 2016, 32.9% of respondents declared knowledge of a foreign language. At the other extreme were the northern countries – only 10% of the inhabitants of Denmark and Norway declared that they only knew their native language.
Source: Gazeta
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