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  Foreign Languages
In Waldorf schools, children are exposed to two foreign languages, begining in first grade. In the original school in Germany, they were English and French. Many Waldorf schools continue this tradition and teach German and French. Other schools vary this, based on the demographics of their area and teacher availability. In our school, the languages are German and Spanish. Schools in California may teach Spanish and one of the Asianlanguages. Whichever languages are selected, one is usually a romance language or other cognate of the native language. The other is generally chosen from another language family.