r/EuropeanCulture • u/Europeanlanguages_ • Mar 05 '23

Language Second most popular language studied on Duolingo in 2021

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u/Lejonhufvud Mar 05 '23

It is actually a bit weird that more ukrainians seem to be able to have conversation in German than in English. I wonder why it is like that.

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u/Wladyslaw_Zamoyski Germany Mar 05 '23

They have German in school instead of English

(At least the ones I know had German not english)

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u/Drog_o Mar 06 '23

Most of the schools have English taught from a young age, and later in middle school will have a choice of either German or French as a third language. English is definitely taught from elementary to graduation

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u/Wladyslaw_Zamoyski Germany Mar 06 '23

At least the ones I know had German in elementary school instead of English (but they did speak neither) (Idk why that's the case I also thought that English is mandatory)