Scandinavians have small language bases, speak a Germanic language, and don’t have to learn a second non-English language, c.f. the Swiss for example.[1] Both

Scandinavians have small language bases, speak a Germanic language, and don’t have to learn a second non-English language, c.f. the Swiss for example.[1] Both the lack of material in their own languages plus the shared English lexicon and I guess grammar helps motivate them to become at least bilingual (in my experience not more than that for the most part). Similar tendencies can be seen in other European areas. But it seems to be less pronounced as you move outside of the Germanic-speaking parts of Northern Europe. You don’t have to move far away from the Germanic-speaking Northern Europe to find adults who struggle with English. Including young adults. Now this is apparently for kids. Certainly kids younger than teenagers have amazing language acquisition abilities. But they also might have less motivation and exposure to English. Now maybe Northern Europe kids have such exposure these days that the current English-dominated programming as we all know it is a mere triviality for them. So scratch those. Not for them. I would still be surprised if there aren’t a large number of kids worldwide that localized programming would help. [1] Minorities like the Sami could be exceptions here.