 If a school has no teacher for Spanish, all students are required to take French.The type of language course that a student is permitted to take depends on what school the student previously attended.A student who previously attended a Gymnasium, or took the French class at the Realschule, will already have had three years of a second foreign language (usually French) and may take the advanced course in French ("Französich - Niveau A") or the beginners' course in Spanish ("Spanisch - Niveau B").