Students are bad at English: “A few hours and no miracles with more than 30 students per class”

The issue of Status in English A persistent academic problem for French students. It created an ambitious plan in 2018 Living Languages ​​ProjectAnd for a more recent project Enhancing English Learning Minister of National Education Bob Ndiaye inaugurated the event. In circle The Official Bulletin of National Education was published on Thursday, December 15, 2022, and the Ministry of National Education was actually launched. An English Learning Reinforcement Program In school and college, following the poor results of French students in the Ev@lang exam at the end of the third year. In 2021, 50% of students do not have the required A2 level All 3rd class students for this exam.
During his back-to-school press conference, Bob Ndiaye mentioned “results of Ev@lang experiments carried out by 3 students”.^e were very average. And the level of English at the end of college was not satisfactory. »

The Minister’s Empowerment Program provides, among other things, for development Assessment classes 6th and Teaching DNL (Non-language fields, (for example, a maths or history lesson given in an English teacher’s note).

Learn English at 30 in a class?

But are these measures, as well as the language program – which, for the first time for a second degree, helps students maximize their exposure to the English language and mobility – are they enough? The authors point out structural problems:

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Some students imagine that the subjects are frozen by the teachers or that the LV teachers have a poor level of language. Little do they know that a few hours and 30+ students per class can do wonders.

— Sue G (@watatsumiLP) February 12, 2023

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With 30 students per language group, 2.5 sessions of 50 to 55 minutes each, with 5 minutes of speaking time per student is ideal. Start the work by removing the welcome, roll call, presentation of activities. Balance = more hours required for languages.

— 🏛🏺Sophie 🏺🏛 (@EurydiceSophie) February 13, 2023

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2 hours of Life Language in the first and final year of high school. At 37, without half a team. In a weak context of continuous control with its attendant constraints.
How to cut back on teaching languages.
The Guardians of Ministries are as vile as vile.

— Parteau (@JParteau) February 12, 2023

for that Southern Education Union, students cannot progress until the admission issue is resolved. So the union is demanding: a maximum of 20 students in normal college, 16 students in REP-REP+, 12 students in SEGPA, as well as one hour of reinforcement, especially in REP.