The language was English when you went to DK a couple of years ago IIRC?
Summary of article in Billed Bladet #03, 2018.
Written by Henrik Salling who speaks French.
As you may recall our Marie recently went to Vejen Gymnasium (high school) in the town of, you guessed it, Vejen to teach French in a two-hour lesson.
She had in fact been invited by the high school and since Marie is a strong advocate for learning new languages she accepted.
Well arrived and received she went to a 2G class (second year students. In a high school in DK you study for three years. Most students come straight from 9th grade in school, some from 10th grade.)
Here she started by telling the students: "I've been in Denmark for more than 10 years and - probably like you think it's hard to learn French, I also thought it was hard to learn Danish".
She offered a piece of advise based on her own experience: "Speak, speak and speak. It's the best way to learn a language".
Then it was the turn of the students to briefly introduce themselves and also their French teacher, who is married to a Frenchman. And then Marie was asked to tell a little about herself.
Having completed the introductions it was time for class. The students had been divided into groups (there is a heap-load of group work in all, repeat all Danish schools, universities and courses!) while Marie mingled and offered advise and corrections.
Afterwards Marie said: "It was real fun and I'm very impressed by their motivation to learn French. I think i's nice there are high schools outside the major cities who offer the students an opportunity to learn French.
French is an important language that is spoken in many countries and that's why it's really good that the students wish to learn French".
- French was really a must in high schools until the 50's here in DK. Then German took over again and during the 80's and 90's German was very much replaced by Japanese and today it's very much Chinese that is in.
Many high school students opt for only one more language besides English. Simply because many of them also learn Latin. So having to study three languages intensely is hard enough without adding a fourth.
Of course high schools outside the major cities have a problem getting qualified teachers who can teach other languages besides English and German.
And here are the scans from last weeks BB:
BB #03, 2018
but clearly here there were a good number of interested learners! Thank you Muhler, for sharing; I was glad to be able to understand at least a few words spoken in a Danish classroom!
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