“Comment on dit ‘langues étrangères’ en anglais ?” asked a giggling young French college student after being asked by a journalist in order to gauge her knowledge of English. This interview comes after a survey found that only 14% of French student can speak it. This rate is in sharp contrast with other European countries such as Sweden, number one, followed by Holland and Hungary. The results of this survey make for grim reading. If young people can’t speak English in their