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Is foreign language learning mandatory?

( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2014-09-10 08:12

Paul (Netherlands)

I live in the Netherlands and:

1) 75% of the TV is English.

2) Food in the stores is written in English.

3) Schools are now conducting entire lessons in English

4) Many Dutch companies insist on the working language being English

Is foreign language learning mandatory?

Prince Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands attends the scholarship ceremony and the 50th anniversary of the United World College (UWC) in The Hague, Netherlands, June 4, 2012.

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