Презентация Какие используют европейцы?

How Europeans Use Language 47% of EU citizens who know at least one language apart from their mother tongue use foreign languages almost everyday.A substantial number of Europeans do not use any of the foreign languages they know at all. 53% of respondents who know at least one foreign language do not use their language competence on a daily basis and 52% indicate that they do speak foreign languages on a regular basis but not every day. English occupies the first place when the results are ranked by use on an everyday basis. 29% of respondents state that they use English often but not on a daily basis, followed by 26% using Spanish and 25% speaking German. 87% of those who speak Spanish indicate that they use it occasionally, followed by 61% using French and 50% speaking German on holiday or with visitors from other countries. The frequency of use of a language is connected with the extent to which the language in question is known in the country. Moderate frequency of use of Language skills Situations of Use The use of languages other than the mother tongue currently takes place most often on holiday abroad. 42% of Europeans state that they use their first foreign language when on holiday while 44% indicate this to be the case for the second foreign language. A quarter of Europeans indicate that they use the first foreign language while watching television (26%), communicating with friends (25%) or while having conversations at work (25%). Usefulness of language skills In every country polled, a distinct majority acknowledge the advantages of foreign language skills, with scores ranging from 73% in Portugal to 99% in Sweden.Practically everyone in Sweden (99%), Cyprus (98%) and Luxembourg (97%) recognize the benefits of knowing languages other than their mother tongue. Strong agreement on the benefits of multilingualism is also perceived in the candidate and acceding countries. 95% of Turks and Bulgarians consider that knowing foreign languages is useful and, 88% of Croatians and 87% Romanians are of this view. As expected, English is perceived by Europeans to be by far the most useful language to know (68%). French (25%) and German (22%) follow next almost side by side, and Spanish ranks fourth with a 16% share. 1 in 10 Europeans do not see the benefits of knowing any language other than their mother tongue. These results are not directly comparable with those obtained in 2001 due to a change in the wording of the question29. Still, some trends can be described at the European level. The gap between the observed usefulness of French and German is narrowing over time. In 200130, 40% of respondents rated French as useful and 23% assessed skills in German as beneficial. The respective shares in 2005 are 25% for French and 22% for German. The Most Useful Languages