Disclaimer : went to school in Scotland in the late Middle Ages.
I studied French and German as CSYS level (kind of like A2) and got As so considered myself good. But what my DS is doing now is really turning him off. we did three lit texts in French and German (this may have been more than we needed knowing my school!) and some history (German was east Germany and education , I remember; French I think was the resistance) But all our teaching was basically in English, certainly all our discussion of texts and I SWEAR we wrote essays in English!
DS can't even seem to learn grammar in peace now without it being related to some 'ishoo' and even his homework is set in detailed Spanish.
I know this is all very worthy - but it's no wonder kids talk about the gulf between GCSE and A level in MFL!
DS already dropped French after one week. He can't drop Spanish, not least because he got near as dammit full marks at GCSE. You wouldn't know it, though. He is really struggling, hates it and is now being supervised in free periods to force him to work... there is no shame emoji so I went for blushing...
The teaching isn't great either, which does not help. Boys definitely respond negatively to weaker teaching much more than girls ime.
Anyone else share my his suffering?
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Piggywaspushed · 16/10/2017 19:44
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