Why France Is Pushing Its Students to Master English

[Francis Hult]

Time

 

Why France Is Pushing Its Students to Master English

 

The faces look a little nervous and the words are spoken a bit timidly - all rather normal for a group of French students learning to speak English. But the hesitant responses aren't coming in a classroom where foreign-language instruction is another obligatory grind in a long day of courses. Instead, these 18-to-25-year-olds are paying up to $6,000 annually to master a language they all took for six years in high school before earning their baccalaureate degrees and entering the job market. 

 

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http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1932422,00.html

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