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“Foreign Language Learning by Country,” pewresearch.org, 6 Aug. 2018. conversation

Students and Foreign Language Study /
% of primary and secondary students learning a foreign
language in Europe (2016) and the U.S. (2017)

Liechtenstein 100%
Luxembourg 100 Language and Power
Malta 100
Norway 100
Austria 100
Romania 100
France 100
Cyprus 99
Croatia 99
Latvia 98
Poland 98
Spain 96
Slovakia 95
Bulgaria 93
Sweden 92
Lithuania 89
Czech Rep. 88
Greece 87
Hungary 85 “Most European students are learning a foreign language in school while Americans lag” Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. August 6, 2018, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/06/most-european-students-are-learning-a-foreign-language-in-school-while-americans-lag/
Finland 84
Estonia 82
Denmark 82
Italy 82
Germany 82
Iceland 78
Slovenia 76
Netherlands 70
Portugal 69 Europe
Belgium 64 median
U.S. 20 (92%)

Note: Data not available for the UK, lreland or the Republic of
Macedonia. U.S. includes 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Source: Europe data from Eurostat, accessed June 20, 2018. U.S.
data from “The National K-12 Foreign Language Enrollment Survey
Report,” American Councils for International Education, June 2017.

Questions PEW RESEARCH CENTER

1. Based on the data in this graph, write a statement comparing second language learning in the
United States with second language learning in one other country.
2. Write a headline and first sentence or two of an American news story about the findings presented
in this graph. How might that story be different if it were written for a European news source?
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