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People who have studied a language in a classroom rarely know the answer.
"People believe they've actually studied a language when they have given it a Chomskyan formalism.
At its lowest level, in 2010-11, just 40% of young people who attended a state school studied a language to GCSE level.
Six years is a very short time to have studied a language, and, had the Man Booker committee not chosen to award the prize to both writer and translator, Smith's process would not have come under such scrutiny.
In 2005, 12,826 children studied a language at GCSE, but by 2014 the number had fallen by a third to 8,601.
The report said that in 2001, almost all pupils in Scotland studied a language up to fourth year of secondary school - but by 2010 this had dropped to 67%.
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If you're studying a language, this is easy – just go out (or online) and speak to people.
"When you study a language, you need time to work on all the skill areas, particularly oral.
"I wouldn't have thought of studying a language before," said 15-year-old Nathanial.
The district will continue to require every student to study a foreign language in seventh and eighth grade; nearly a quarter of all students study a language through their junior or senior year, according to district officials.
Though it's difficult to detect in admissions statistics, university language courses are changing, with more opportunities for students to study a language from scratch.
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