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International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 3 - Detailed fields

Code	Abbreviation	Name	Valid from	Valid to	Family
5627	ISCED_O3	International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 3 - Detailed fields	01.01.2008	09.09.9999	Education

Code List Item:

Foreign languages

Code	Name	Valid from	Valid to
222	Foreign languages	01.01.2008	09.09.9999

Definition of item:

Foreign languages is the study of the structure and composition of foreign languages.
It includes the study of related cultures, literature and linguistics. Programmes with the
following main content are classified here:

Dead languages
Foreign languages
Interpretation programmes
Second languages
Translation programmes

Inclusions:

Foreign languages is the study of a language being taught as a foreign language or a
second language. A second language means a national language taught to pupils whose
main language is another language.

Exclusions:

Programmes teaching the mother tongue, even if this language is not the national
language (e.g. programmes for immigrants learning their mother tongue) are excluded
from this field and included in field 223 ‘Mother tongue’.

Correspondences

International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 2 - Narrow fields

Humanities

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