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DEFINITION:
Intended instruction time spent studying modern foreign languages, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
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Argentina | 8 |
Australia | 6 |
Austria | 9 |
Chile | x |
Czech Republic | 11 |
Denmark | 10 |
Finland | 9 |
France | 11 |
Germany | 16 |
Greece | 15 |
Hungary | 9 |
Iceland | 15 |
India | 14 |
Indonesia | 6 |
Ireland | 10 |
Italy | 11 |
Japan | 13 |
Jordan | 16 |
Malaysia | 11 |
Mexico | 9 |
Netherlands | 14 |
New Zealand | n |
Norway | 16 |
Paraguay | x |
Peru | 6 |
Philippines | 9 |
Portugal | 10 |
Russia | x |
Spain | 11 |
Sweden | 12 |
Thailand | x |
Tunisia | 5 |
Turkey | 11 |
United States | 7 |
Uruguay | 8 |
Zimbabwe | 14 |