English language education in public high schools in India, Brazil and China?
I understand that a foreign language is compulsory in secondary education in China and Brazil: but what percentage of students choose English? And what about India? I couldn't find any information on whether or not a foreign language is compulsory. I'd appreciate sources as I'm researching this for a project. Thank you.
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English is taught as a 2nd or third language in the public schools. The urban private schools tend to have English as the 1st language. English is not treated like a foreign langage - It is the second most spoken language in the country (after hindi) check out the resources section on http://www.shemford.com Hope this helps
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India is a country of 28 states which is divided on the basis of language and culture (its something like Europe). Hence every state has 2 mediums of schools; English medium and Local language medium school. In an English medium, every subject (Literature, History, Geography and Science and Math) is taught in English and a compulsory 2nd language (local state language). The local language medium is similar where the 2nd language is English and all other in the local language. Nevertheless at the end of High school a student knows to read and write English, but the fluency depends on the medium of school he studied. Foreign languages are not compulsory and we don't have it in schools but students can mostly opt for it during graduation or post graduation in colleges and universities. This is mostly done by those who go for the hotel, tourism industry or foreign services or other where foreign languages is needed. Only about 200,000 people in India are native English speakers while 90 million can talk or read and write English.
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