The deciding factor for which language you learnt at my school was how good you were at maths.
Everyone did French for the first three years (at secondary school), top set at maths also did German, next two sets also did Italian, bottom two didn't do anything extra.
For the final two years you chose one language.
It was only a couple of hours a week though and there was plenty of emphasis on learning grammar (particularly in German).
The deciding factor for which language you learnt at my school was how good you were at maths.
Everyone did French for the first three years (at secondary school), top set at maths also did German, next two sets also did Italian, bottom two didn't do anything extra.
For the final two years you chose one language.
It was only a couple of hours a week though and there was plenty of emphasis on learning grammar (particularly in German).