A British Council report ranks Arabic as the second-most important language to learn, following Spanish.

A series of graphics on languages showed that while Arabic is spoken in 60 countries, only topped by English, it’s still not a very popular language to learn. French remains the most popular language students are learning to take Britain’s education exams, the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and A levels.

But that might be changing, as more institutions are recognizing the importance in Arabic speakers and how prolific the language is around the world. Test takers for the Arabic GSCE exams rose 82 percent between 2002 and 2012, according to The Independent. More.

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