In order of popularity, what languages are taught in the UK? Ignore
non European languages.

<According to Prospects.ac.uk, the most popular languages are in order:
French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Japanese.
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Using_your_language_skills/Teaching/Information/p!efbdcc

According to Literacytrust.org, the most frequently taught languages
in primary school  are in order: French, German, Spanish and Italian.
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Database/modernlang.html#Key

According to the department for education and skills, 74% of all 15
year olds taking GCSEs in 2002 studied at least one modern foreign
language:
French ? 51%
German ? 21%
Spanish ? 8%.
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/languages/DSP_infoandstats_didyouknow.cfm

According to the National Centre for Languages, for university
students the languages in order of popularity are French, Spanish,
German Italian and Russian/East European languages.
http://www.cilt.org.uk/research/statistics/higher%20ed/balancebylang.rtf>

<Search strategy:>

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<"foreign languages" uk popularity French>
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<Hope this helps.>

I am studying French and am in my last year of study with the Open
University. I was somewhat surprised when someone suggested that
Spanish was now the main second language in the UK, as I really
believed it to be French. I feel vindicated!

A guess:

1: French
2: Spanish