Most Czech children would not study second foreign language if it weren't compulsory

Children's motivation to learn a second foreign language is lower than for their first foreign language, according to the findings of the Czech School Inspectorate. Most primary and secondary school pupils recognise the usefulness of learning another foreign language, but only a minority of them would choose to study one if they did not have to. The exception is English, which 76 percent of primary school students and 92 percent of secondary school students would choose to study, even if they didn't have to. However, most students study English as their first foreign language.

Three-fifths of the surveyed foreign language teachers at primary schools agree with the proposal to make second foreign languages a non-compulsory subject.