DETAIL OF CLASSIFICATION ITEM

Classification: International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS

Abbreviation: ISCED97_OBORY Version: 1 Validity: 01.01.2008 - 09.09.9999 Family: Education

Language version: EN

Classification level: 3

Item: 222 - Foreign languages

Item's explanatory note:

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’.

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Correspondences:
International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 2 - Narrow fields	22	Humanities