http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/feb/08/tefl-france
Chatel, Frances minister, says that children could start learning enlish in France nursery schools as young as the age of three. Chatel and a team of specialist were examining options to boost students skills in english and other foreign languages. He also wants to develop online language learning and encourge students to go on trips to english-speaking countries. The problem that comes about with all of this is that high-qaulity language teachers have been questioned on whether they can be provide. Because of the education budget schools may loose up to 1,000 specialist language assistants by next year.
I think that this is a good idea to get students to start using a second language at a young age. Three seems really young but I think it would be good for young children to be introduced to different languages because I have heard that it's easier to learn when you are younger. I'm not sure how this new program is going to work if they plan to cut language specialist teachers because it is so important to have someone teaching the language that knows it very well. It's great that Chatel is encouraging students to visit different countries that speak english, this could help make the students more multicultural and open minded. I think the United States should consider something like this since we don't have that many students who are bilingual and I think the majoritiy of the students in the US are lacking a global perspective.
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