23 Sep 04
Just curious. Here in the UK the choice of second language available in schools is normally French, German , Spanish or Italian. I read somewhere that in Eastern Europe (especially former Soviet Bloc countries - Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, etc,etc ) that the main second language taught in schools was Russian. Is this correct?
23 Sep 04
Originally posted by PeterSwan2I work with a few polish folks and 1 bulgarian.They were all taught russian at school,so I guess that statement would be correct.
Just curious. Here in the UK the choice of second language available in schools is normally French, German , Spanish or Italian. I read somewhere that in Eastern Europe (especially former Soviet Bloc countries - Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, etc,etc ) that the main second language taught in schools was Russian. Is this correct?
23 Sep 04
Originally posted by SirLoseALotMaybe this is something that's changing as these countries look more West (esp. to the EU) than East. I would have thought English would now be the main second language, with other western European languages possibly gaining ground.
I work with a few polish folks and 1 bulgarian.They were all taught russian at school,so I guess that statement would be correct.
23 Sep 04
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Just curious. Here in the UK the choice of second language available in schools is normally French, German , Spanish or Italian. I read somewhere that in Eastern Europe (especially former Soviet Bloc countries - Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, etc,etc ) that the main second language taught in schools was Russian. Is this correct?
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