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Algerian leader in bold move to promote English at junior school

[서울=아시아뉴스통신] 레악카나기자 송고시간 2022-08-01 08:46

Arabic is Algeria's most widely spoken language and French is introduced to pupils aged nine. (Photo by= AFP)

[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has announced that the former French colony will start teaching English in primary schools later this year. "French is a spoil of war, but English is an international language," he said, BBC reported.
 
Algeria gained independence from France in 1962 after a bloody eight-year war that continues to complicate relations between the two countries. The continued use of French at institutions and in the administration of business is a sensitive topic. Arabic and Tamazight, which are spoken by the Amazigh or Berber minority, are the country's official languages.
 
President Tebboune, in an interview recorded by state-run TV on Saturday, was responding to growing demands from academics and undergraduates. They say English should be offered as a subject earlier as it is the language of instruction at university for those studying medicine and engineering. Under the current curriculum, English is offered at secondary school to students from the age of 14, while pupils start French when they are nine years old. The president's comments come from an extract of a wide-ranging interview to be broadcast in full later on Sunday. A similar initiative was launched in the early 1990s for parents to be given the right to choose between French and English for their children at junior school but it was dropped due to pro-French lobby.



 

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