Re:Italian Ruby
by dmix on Monday August 31, 2020 @01:14PM
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You should see how terrible the French classes we had here in Ontario public schools. It was an additional recess for kids in the 3 different schools I went to, for all 8 mandatory years.
The french teachers were a rotating course of young women doing the class no one other teacher wanted, suffering the worst abuse from kids.
French classes should be killed off in Canadian anglo provinces IMO. I highly doubt they have any measurable positive outcome besides teaching kids to count in french (actual competent French speaking rates are really low here despite being legally bilingual). We waste so much tax money in Canada on purely-performative bi-lingual exercises outside of Quebec and some east-coast areas.
If people really want to learn a language you really need to dedicate yourself and/or be around others native speakers at a young age.
The french teachers were a rotating course of young women doing the class no one other teacher wanted, suffering the worst abuse from kids.
French classes should be killed off in Canadian anglo provinces IMO. I highly doubt they have any measurable positive outcome besides teaching kids to count in french (actual competent French speaking rates are really low here despite being legally bilingual). We waste so much tax money in Canada on purely-performative bi-lingual exercises outside of Quebec and some east-coast areas.
If people really want to learn a language you really need to dedicate yourself and/or be around others native speakers at a young age.