I took three years of Spanish and got an A every semester. Even when it was still fresh in my mind, I was nowhere near able to hold even a very simple conversation. And now just a few years later it’s all totally gone from my brain.

My mother’s native language is Spanish and she never taught me, which I resent her for. But I still find it incredible how shitty my public school education in Spanish was. We really should be teaching kids a second language from kindergarten up.

  • krolden@lemmy.mlEnglish
    21·
    3 months ago

    Teaching language in high school is stupid they should be teaching it as early as possible.

    • DesertComrade [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      13·
      3 months ago

      I had French since 4th grade up to 9th grade Even tho I always aced my tests I never quite got the hang of the language to me it was just some rules I memorized

    • SoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      As a comparison, here’s what an EU report from 2012 said:

      Children are starting to learn foreign languages at an increasingly early age in Europe, with most pupils beginning when they are 6-9 years old

      an increasing number of pupils now learn two languages for at least one year during compulsory education. On average, in 2009/10, 60.8% of lower secondary education students were learning two or more foreign languages