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Foreign language learning. Modern biotechnology and genetic engineering. Crime. Health consciousness, nutrition, physical activity, and sport. Only in BG, RO, HR, TR, and CY (tcc): Smoking habits and passive smoking. AIDS prevention. Awareness of medical errors. Consumer rights (Poland only). Topics: 1. Foreign languages: assessment of foreign language skills as useful; most useful languages for personal development and career; languages children should learn; best age to start learning the first and the second foreign language; reasons for learning foreign languages at school and at university; main personal reasons for learning a new language; acquisition or improvement of language skills during the last two years; used methods of learning; most effective method in general and in relation to the personal situation; intention to start learning a new language or to improve one´s language skills; reasons that discourage from learning a foreign language; reasons which would motivate to learn a foreign language; attitudes towards: common language in the EU, necessity for European citizens to know a foreign language, assessment of the foreign language skills in the own country, availability of language courses in the own residential area, use of a language centre, preference of subtitles in foreign films compared to dubbed films, equal treatment of all European languages, teaching of languages as a political priority, sufficient diversity of the languages taught in schools, support of dialects and minority languages; mother tongue; first, second, and third foreign language; self-assessment of language skills; frequency and situations of foreign language use; ways of learning. 2. Biotechnology and genetic engineering: expected long term improvement of the living conditions by solar energy, computers and information technology, biotechnology (Split: genetic engineering), space exploration, nuclear energy, nanotechnology, mobile phones, wind energy; interest in...