Number of Students Who Learn Foreign Languages (except English) in High School

In most of high schools, students learn English. Besides English, some high schools offer other language classes such as Chinese lesson or French lesson. According to a survey by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, there were 1352 courses of learning other foreign languages in senior high schools in 2012.
The table below shows the number of the students who learn foreign languages (except English) in high schools.

	Senior high school	Municipal or national schools		Private schools		Total
		Number of classes	Number of students	Number of classes	Number of students	Number of classes	Number of students
1	Chinese	408	12,882	134	9,179	542	22,061
2	Korean	247	8,585	71	2,856	318	11,441
3	French	139	3,739	83	5,220	222	8,959
4	German	62	1,609	44	1,739	106	3,348
5	Spanish	76	1,834	24	587	100	2,421
6	Russian	18	425	5	124	23	549
7	Italian	8	212	3	68	11	280
8	Portuguese	12	142			12	142
9	Esperanto	1	27			1	27
10	Filipino	2	26			2	26
11	Indonesian	2	14	1	8	3	22
11	Arabic	1	21	1	1	2	22
13	Thai	3	7	1	11	4	18
14	Vietnamese	1	4	1	1	2	5
15	Latin			1	4	1	4
16	Persian	1				1	1
16	Turkish	1				1	1
16	Nepali	1				1	1
	Total	983	29,530	369	19,798	1,352	49,328

	Junior high school	Municipal schools		Private schools		Total
		Number of classes	Number of students	Number of classes	Number of students	Number of classes	Number of students
1	French			13	1,821	13	1,821
2	Chinese	1	115	11	336	12	451
3	Korean	1	115	5	249	6	364
4	Russian	1	115			1	115
5	Spanish			5	55	5	55
6	German			3	24	3	24
7	Italian			1	9	1	9
		3	345	38	2,494	41	2,839