The article analyzes the positions of foreign languages among Slovenian graduates and
students in the fields of business and economics based on a sample of 272 respondents. General
knowledge is by far the best in English, followed by Croatian, then German, and Serbian. On
average, postgraduate students rated themselves better than undergraduate students in most
languages, while full-time employees rated themselves better than student employees and
survey participants who are inactive in the labor market. In assessing the usefulness of foreign
language skills, English is first, German second, and Croatian third. Among Slavic languages,
only knowledge of Serbian is perceived as useful, while Russian is on the border of perceived
usefulness and uselessness. All South Slavic languages are ranked lower on the usefulness
scale than on the knowledge scale.
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