The newspaper "Le Monde" published an article on 25th August with the title: "Les étudiants français toujours aussi nuls en anglais".
The article ridicules the idea of the previous minister of education, Xavier Darcos, that all French teenagers should be bilingual by the time they leave school.
To gain access to British or American universities, foreign students need to sit the TOEFFL exam. The 2008 results place the French in the 69th place out of 109 countries in the world and in the 25th place out of 43 European states. Considering the test is taken by students who are considering studying in Britain or the US, so students with a keen interest in the language, these results are very disappointing.
Read here the "Le Monde" article.
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
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