Friday, 15 February 2013

How can French for schools help develop students’ futures?

Nowadays, learning languages is a vital part of any child’s education. Languages can open up new career paths for them, and give them the opportunity to travel and discover new cultures. Employers are often looking for candidates who can speak multiple languages. Teaching a child a new language early on in their life will help them to pick it up easily and become fluent.

Learning a new language can have a positive effect on the child as an individual, as it will teach them to accept other cultures, and even embrace them. They will be able to recognise that the world is very diverse, and will be more open to learning about new cultures.

One of the best ways to teach languages is to take students on school trips. Language immersion trips are highly effective, because by taking the students to the country where the language in question is spoken as a first language, you will have “immersed” them in the language, meaning they have to use it as much as possible. Take French, for example. Teaching French in a classroom gives students the opportunity to talk to their friends and ask their teacher questions in English. They will use French as little as possible. However, taking them on French school trips will put them in an environment where using French is vital if they want to communicate with people there. They will also be able to listen to native speakers use the language and pick up new phrases, as well as working on their pronunciation. They will be able to learn more independently and develop their language skills without the help of their teacher.

Immersion lessons in French for schools will also help students to develop their fluency in the language. By taking the entire lesson in French, and not allowing students to resort to English, teachers will be encouraging them to remember what they have learnt and practice it as much as they can.

One of the main benefits of lessons in languages such as French for schools is that it gives students a better chance at becoming fluent in the language, as they will be able to pick it up better from a young age. This is especially important in primary and even infant schools, as children are still picking up sounds and words from other people, and will be able to grasp the pronunciation of words more easily than an adult would.

French school trips and French lessons, as well as lessons in any other language, will help give students the chance to explore more careers and discover more about the world, and will give them more opportunities in future.