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  • "Which language(s) should we be teaching our children. Learn Spanish and you’re at a loss In Germany, learn French and you’re illiterate in Russia, learn Chinese and you can’t ask for an ice cream in Portugal. So which language should we be teaching? I would respectfully suggest that we take another look at Esperanto, a relatively new language which is easy to learn and use."
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Letter: Problem for languages

1:13pm Friday 15th June 2012 in Opinion

The idea of teaching a foreign language from the age of seven is a good one.

But first there is the problem that most primary teachers are not language specialists and teaching a foreign language requires special training as it is a specific skill.

It also requires a working knowledge of the language to be taught.

And many primary teachers either didn't study a foreign language at school or did so only to GCSE level which could have been years ago.

Then there is the problem of which language the child learns and whether that language will be available at his/her secondary school.

In other European countries the choice is usually English, German or French which the children begin to learn at nine or ten and take through into their secondary years.

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