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English taught in French Schools

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nearlychrimbo · 21/12/2009 14:34

I am conducting some researching into the English language being taught in French nursery and primary schools and was wondering if some native French Mumsnetters could help answering some of these questions:

  1. Does the French national curriculam state that English must be taught?
  1. Is English taught in nursery or primary schools?
  1. If so from what age would a French child start to learn English?
  1. How is it currently being taught...from English Resources? By a French Teacher or a Specialist English Teacher?
  1. If English is not taught in schools how do parents enable their children to learn the language...are there such things as after school clubs
  1. Do the local education authorities have any say so?
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Othersideofthechannel · 25/01/2010 20:01

But if you know what a verb is in your mother tongue, it's not that hard to identify it in a second language, is it?

frakkinaround · 26/01/2010 06:24

Hmm yes and know - that sort of depends on you know what a verb is in your MT and knowing that a verb is a general term for all 'doing' words in English. Some people don't...

Some people try to classify 'verb' into lots of different kinds of verbs an end up getting confused. Some people don't know what the term 'verb' means. I agree that once you've managed to link a few you should be able to identify all of them but the first step is the hardest!

Othersideofthechannel · 26/01/2010 12:06

I know that it is possible to live not knowing what a verb is.

But if children are taught what a verb is in their MT when they are 7, reminded of this when studying other languages when they are teenagers, it is
that they don't know this at uni when they have chosen to study languages.

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frakkinaround · 26/01/2010 12:26

I don't remember learning the parts of speech in modern languages at school. I do remember then in English because I went to a very traditional primary school and it was well drilled into us (with a very sweet poem) but I can easily see how people, in the UK at least, could get to studying at uni without really knowing what the parts of speech were.

frakkinaround · 26/01/2010 12:29

Here's the poem [memory lane emoticon]

THE PARTS OF SPEECH

Every name is called a NOUN,
As field and fountain, street and town;

In place of noun the PRONOUN stands
As he and she can clap their hands;

The ADJECTIVE describes a thing,
As magic wand and golden ring;

The VERB means action, something done -
To read, to write, to jump, to run;

How things are done, the ADVERBS tell,
As quickly, slowly, badly, well;

The PREPOSITION shows relation,
As in the street, or at the station;

CONJUNCTIONS join, in many ways,
Sentences, words, or phrase and phrase;

The INTERJECTION cries out, 'Hark!
I need an exclamation mark!'

Through Poetry, we learn how each
of these make up THE PARTS OF SPEECH.

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