N áhuatl mandatory in public scho ols in Mexico City

John Sullivan, Ph.D. idiez at mac.com
Sat Aug 18 16:59:21 UTC 2007


María,
	It's just politics. The decree started on paper and it will end there.
John

John Sullivan, Ph.D.
Profesor de lengua y cultura nahua
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
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On Aug 18, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Maria Bolivar wrote:

> I am sorry I have been so busy I did not check if the list has  
> discussed
> Náhuatl becoming a mandatory subject in all of Mexico City's Public  
> Schools.
>
> I am interested to know how is it they plan to implement that  
> decree. I
> truly was not aware of us having so many instructors all ready to  
> start all
> those classes for the cycle 2008-2009 when the decree becomes  
> effective.
> English is a mandatory subject already. I remember in Zacatecas  
> there were
> very few instructors of English and those available did not really  
> speak
> English. I know in Mexico City English is mandatory, but the number of
> people fluent in English does not surface as it should. I hope the new
> measure for Náhuatl does not run the same course. It is wonderful  
> to dream,
> but not just in paper. What do you all think?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Maria Bolivar
>
>
>
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