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Wednesday, 15 August, 2012
Teachers' union up in arms over English, German classes
Primary school teachers in French-speaking Switzerland are up in arms over the teaching of foreign languages. As of this term, every eight-year-old will be taught German. And as of next year, every ten-year-old will learn English. So what could be wrong with that? Plenty, says the teachers’ union. WRS’s Adam Beaumont spoke to the union’s secretary-general, Jean-Marc Haller, to find out why:
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Bingo, bring in the mother tongue teachers, how can this be a problem?
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