Do You Have A Second Language? Infographic

Top Four Languages Studied In Europe & The Most Commonly Studied Languages In Secondary Schools (% of pupils in 2011).

2/3 of working-age adults in the EU28 in 2011 stated they know a foreign language
100%

75% V 70%
only 7% of Irish 10-year-olds learn a foreign language. compared with an EU average of above 70%
100%
secondary school students in Czech Republic 2 or more languages are studied
19%
of Irish students at Leaving Cart level study no foreign languages
50% V 8%
in the EU 50% of secondary school students study 2 or more languages, whereas in Ireland the comparable figure is only 8%
500
the number of employees Paypal had to hire tram abroad to staff positions in its Irish office, to meet its linguistic requirements
1.42%
of the total student population in Ireland went on an Erasmus exchange in the academic year 2011/2012, up from 1.29% in the academic year 2010/2011. This is a promising trend.