I've been far better off though I still regret some things I wasn't able to do. You see, when I was in school, every student had to start a language in 5th grade. Usually it was English. But I know of a few schools who also offered Latin and/or french atthat age. You weren't allowed to drop that language until at least the end of grade 11. So at least 7 years of it. In 7th grade a second language was added. Usually French (or in some cases Latin, Spanish, Italian, Greek or Russian, depending on the school and the teachers they had who were able to teach it). If you had chosen any other language than English in 5th grade, then you were supposed to chose English in 7th grade. In grade 9 you can chose between some different subjects. This doesn't have to be a language. It ca nalso be an extra class of biology or whatever but the school I was in offered mostly languages. This you have to keep for at least two years. If you want to have an high schol diploma, you had to keep at least one language until the end, i.e. grade 13. Nowadays, and I wish they had done it earlier!, they start with teaching children in 3rd, sometimes even 2nd grade English. And it is mandatory to do English as an exam for the diploma.
si German students usually leave school with at least basic knowledge in at least two langues.
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Date: 2006-09-15 05:41 pm (UTC)You see, when I was in school, every student had to start a language in 5th grade. Usually it was English. But I know of a few schools who also offered Latin and/or french atthat age. You weren't allowed to drop that language until at least the end of grade 11. So at least 7 years of it. In 7th grade a second language was added. Usually French (or in some cases Latin, Spanish, Italian, Greek or Russian, depending on the school and the teachers they had who were able to teach it). If you had chosen any other language than English in 5th grade, then you were supposed to chose English in 7th grade. In grade 9 you can chose between some different subjects. This doesn't have to be a language. It ca nalso be an extra class of biology or whatever but the school I was in offered mostly languages. This you have to keep for at least two years.
If you want to have an high schol diploma, you had to keep at least one language until the end, i.e. grade 13.
Nowadays, and I wish they had done it earlier!, they start with teaching children in 3rd, sometimes even 2nd grade English. And it is mandatory to do English as an exam for the diploma.
si German students usually leave school with at least basic knowledge in at least two langues.