English First'ers: Do you know the French language?

[snfu73]

Just wondering.

I was FORCED, to take French class in Grades 4 through 8.

I could quit in Grade 9.

And 3/4s of my Grade quit in Grade 9 when they could.

Is forcing kids to learn a language a good way about going to get kids learning French?

I know from Grade 4-8, the teaching and having it forced, students literally HATED it...

I am sure my school wasn't the only one.

And, all I know is very little French, just the bare basics...

And the other issue with Anglaphones is: The rest of the world is learning English!

I mean English is our universal launguage due to its importance in business and politics. Thats another thing the deters kids from bother to want to learn.

And now, some person wants ALL university students to know French to enter university.

Is this force the language on us technique the right way to do it?

I don't think so.

Okay....dude...be honest about this...I know before you have stated that you have posted stuff to be sort of a devils advocate...to stir **** up....is this one of those times, or are you really as horrible as you sound?

 

[Vereya]

I learned French as my second foreign language for two and a half years at school and then for four years in the University. But now it's been already seven years since I graduated, and as I didn't have to speak French during that time, I have forgotten most of it now. And it is more than a pity. It is amazing how fast you forget a language, once you stop practising it. And it's after all the effort you've made to learn it... :sad10: I can still read and understand written text, I can understand what people are saying, but speaking and writing would be a problem for me right now.