Czechs improving in foreign languages

A new study by the Eurydice organisation reveals that Czech children are learning at least one foreign language at an age comparable to their European counterparts. Czech children can volunteer to begin learning a second language from the age of eight, but some start even earlier, while it is only compulsory at the age of fourteen. However, the report does highlight some contrasts in which the Czech Republic does not do so well – for example, while Bulgarian or Danish children spend around two-hundred hours a year on foreign languages, Czech children only spend half that time. The Czech Republic also does not rate well in the number of children choosing to study a second language, according to the Eurydice report.