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Which is the correct choice of grammar in this sentence?

Il était une langue étrangère à apprendre dans mon collège.

or

Il était une langue étrangère à apprendre à mon collège.

In my opinion, « à » works better because I am not saying the physical school building offers this foreign language course, but was taught by my teachers at my school.

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    Likely dans mon collège but what is the expected meaning of the whole sentence?
    – jlliagre
    Jun 8, 2020 at 16:35
  • @jlliagre The expected meaning is that French was a foreign language taught at my middle school.
    – Renée
    Jun 8, 2020 at 16:40

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The right form is dans mon collège.

Note that the remaining of the sentence needs some improvement:

C'était une langue étrangère enseignée dans mon collège.

We don't use à because that would mean the language was taught "to the school".

Compare to j'ai appris le français à mon frère: I taught French to my brother.

Without the possessive, you can use à like in these sentences:

C'est une langue étrangère que j'ai apprise à l'école: That's a foreign language I learnt at school.

or

... que j'ai apprise au collège.

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