The most spoken language in the world is gaining ground in France . Tuesday , many high school students and students begin or take Chinese classes . T...
The most spoken language in the world is gaining ground in France . Tuesday , many high school students and students begin or take Chinese classes . They are 400 % more than a decade ago .
It is a passion for a subject that defies the odds , taking a few short educational institution.
Lack of space in a primary school offering Chinese - there exist only 24 in France - many parents go to students for tuition . But there are also other alternatives. Indeed, the CNED also proposes aprendre Chinese as LV3 .
OF THE 9th 5th PLACE OF LANGUAGES TAUGHT
However, it was this anée 33,500 high school students but also students luckiest 4500 , preparing to start Chinese classes at school on Tuesday September 3. This is 10 % more than in 2012 , 400 % more than a decade ago . This September , for the first time , Mandarin will be taught in all the academies. And quarantine stations have been opened to competition of teaching this spring (a record in the history of Chinese capes ) , against only a dozen in 2012. I must say that was then, even in the era of job losses and the non -replacement of staff on two retiring .
The situation has changed , ensures Joel Bellassen , Inspector General of Chinese. " The increase in staff is so strong , and so spread out geographically , that gap has widened in recent years between supply and demand ," he admits. Gradually moved from ninth to fifth place of languages taught ( after English , Spanish, German and Italian) , the Chinese had a sort of " growing pains ," he says .
Marked by a teacher shortage crisis holders - these represent only about one-third of the 480 secondary school teachers - but also coaching, inspection, training ... "With the harvest of teachers made this year, the curve should first be reversed ," notes enthusiastically sinologist .
ARGUMENT utilitarian
In higher education as the most spoken language in the world is gaining ground : 18,000 young French chose to study in 150 institutes , colleges and universities. It is true that China has become the top destination for European expatriates (to the United States and the United Kingdom), when she was in sixth position just fifteen years ago . "At the time , these young people to spend a little marginal , takes Alice Ekman Today, they, pragmatic : . They understood that there is a playing card in a world that is shifting towards the Asia. "
"IT IS CONSIDERED REWARDING "
Contrary to popular belief , the Chinese would not be the preserve of an elite attending institutions of uptown . "We do not open a section from a Chinese school so requests , ensures Joel Bellassen , Inspector General. Attempts to ensure better balance in implementing it in schools as less favored , as it is viewed as rewarding . "
Rewarding the Chinese? Alain Anton , Principal of Secondary School Claude Monet, in the heart of Chinatown ( Paris 13th ) , do not doubt . Given the resurgence of sinisants students , it offers this autumn 2013 two new features: teaching Mandarin as a second foreign language , and more rare in preparatory classes .
Sign of the times : it was introduced to China more and more young . From the college student on a two, sometimes sooner. The Chinese are now becoming a very popular to academic excellence sesame.
