BL bListen again and circle the correct answer. 1 Amy studied German / French the longest. 2 Amy can remember one language more than the others because she practised it on holiday / studied it at university. 3 Adults remember some numbers / some adjectives from their language classes. 4 According to Tony, some people are too busy | too uncomfortable to speak a foreign language. 5 German / Italian is more popular than Spanish. 6 In the future, schools will offer more European languages make younger pupils learn languages. 10B) Tony Amy, did you study foreign languages at secondary school? Amy Yes, I did. Actually, I used to be quite good at languages. Tony Which ones did you study? Amy Well, I did French for five years, then I did German for six years, and I studied Spanish for a year in my lunch break. Tony And how much French can you remember? Amy Nor much! But I can remember my German, because I did it for my degree at Cambridge. Why all the questions, Tony? Tony Well, I've just read this article about the state of language learning in schools in the UK, and it isn't looking good. It says that adults only remember about seven words from the languages they studied at school. Amy Only seven words? That isn't very good, is it? What sort of words do they remember? Toay Common words, like Hello, Goodbye, Please, Thank you, beer, one, two and three, and the question Do you speak English? Amy So, what happens when people are abroad? Do they practise the language? Tony Not at all. In fact, the article suggests that people often choose not to go on holiday to countries where they have to worry about language problems. Amy That's probably because they're too lazy to learn a language. Tony No, it isn't that. The article says it's because they're too embarrassed to try and speak it. Amy OK. So which languages do pupils study at school today? Tony Hang on a minute, there's a list here somewhere... Here it is. It says 65% of pupils study French, 25% study German, 22% Spanish, and 2% Italian. Polish is becoming more popular, too. Amy And what are schools going to do about the problem? Tony Well, first of all, they're going to introduce language classes for children in primary schools. And then they're going to start offering languages from outside Europe, for example Mandarin Chinese and Urdu. Amy That sounds quite difficult. Anyway, Tony, which languages did you use to study at school? Tony Only French. And I was terrible at it!