The overwhelming majority of young Romanians want to learn a foreign language. A survey conducted by Eurostat placed Romania second in Europe in this regard with almost 9 out of 10 young Romanians answering that they want to learn a foreign language.
But what are the most sought-after foreign languages in Romania? And is learning them accessible in the public Romanian educational system?
ClubulCopiilor.ro has analyzed Google Adwords data, the most popular search engine in Romania, to determine the most sought-after foreign languages in Romania. More specifically, we analyzed the local volume of searches in Google for keywords such as „learn English, learn French, English courses, English classes etc.” for a period of 12 months (April 2022 through March 2023). We then ranked the foreign languages according to the total amount of searches for each language.
The results of our analysis show that English is by far the most sought-after foreign language in Romania, with 4x times more searches than German, which ranks second, and 8x times more searches than French.
Surprisingly, French only comes 5th, behind Spanish and Italian, while Japanese (ranked 6th) is the most sought-after Asian language.
While English is widely thought in Romanian schools, not the same can be said about German, the second most sought-after foreign language in Romania. The limited opportunity to learn German is reflected in the very low number of German teachers in Romania – there are only 982, compared to 6030 French teachers, according to data released by the Ministry of Education in June 2023, at the request of our team.
The full report can be found below:
https://www.clubulcopiilor.ro/most-popular-foreign-languages-in-romania-french/