Trial Young Morocco has a greater demand for English than French and Arabic

The British Council in Morocco commissioned an independent survey to better understand the need and hunger for the English language among the next generation in Morocco.

A survey of more than 1,200 people aged 15 to 25 on April 23 measured their conversion to English among young Moroccans.

Two-thirds of young Moroccans believe they are on the verge of translating French into Morocco’s main foreign language within 5 years.

Results

74% believe that switching to English will benefit the country’s ambitions of becoming an international business and tourism hub. They hope English will help their academic and professional aspirations.

85% of young people expect the number of young people using English to increase over the next decade.

82% of respondents have a positive relationship with English.

65% of young Moroccans think English is important compared to 47% of French.

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Learning English is considered more important than Arabic, 65% and 62%.

Young people see English as a global language, science, business, the Internet … the language of the future.