[lg policy] Why France Is Pushing Its Students to Master English

[Harold Schiffman]

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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.



Full story:

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

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