Georgia imported a thousand native English speakers to put one in every school, aiming to displace Russian as the second language. What worked, and what did not.
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Georgia placed a thousand native English speakers in its schools to displace Russian as the second language. A decade on, here is what survived and what did not.
Two thirds of Europeans can speak English and it is the first foreign language taught in every school system outside Britain and Ireland, a Eurostat survey found.
A bill granting Russian and other tongues regional status has split Ukraine’s parliament. The fight is not about grammar. It is about which way the country faces.
A Wakefield Research survey found 58 percent of Americans fear foreign workers will take high-paying U.S. jobs because the country cannot speak other languages.
Quebec is replacing the struck-down Bill 104 with a points-based test that asks parents to prove their child's English schooling would be an authentic education.
Wales, Catalonia, Ireland and South Africa all decide which language children are taught in, and each answer reveals what the state thinks schools are for.