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    French community wants to make Dutch compulsory from third grade: “We live in Belgium”


    French community wants to make Dutch compulsory from third grade: “We live in Belgium”

    https://www.hln.be/onderwijs/franse-gemeenschap-wil-nederlands-verplichten-vanaf-derde-leerjaar-we-leven-in-belgie~a0c83dd8/

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    2. Low_Technician7346 on

      Dat is goed want we zijn dumb waloons en onze noorderburen spreken beter Frans dan wij

    5. Isotheis on

      That’s not the solution to the current problem, I think. The current problem is the lack of funds to make proper courses, and the lack of language teachers.

      Maybe that’s part of what they’ll address.

    6. Rude-Barnacle8804 on

      I do agree with that decision. But I am also concerned that nobody is going to pick german as a third language if english is competition… and there are already so few who do when they have a second and a third language to chose.

    7. NobodyHistorical9469 on

      Federaliseren en voor iedereen dezelfde eindtermen voor de 2de landstaal, richting niveau B2 bv.

    8. GurthNada on

      I’m in Brussels and my 23 years old stepson has had Nederlands classes from kindergarten until his third year in haute école. So 17-18 years of Nederlands classes in total. Always was a good student, always had good grades. 

      And according to him, he can’t speak the language, and neither can his friends. Maybe he’s exaggerating a bit, but I think what happened is that he simply treated Nederlands as maths – a school subject you study because you must, be that doesn’t stick as soon as you’re out of school.

      Not sure how you can fix that.

    10. LumonScience on

      Nice but once again: Are they going to implement mechanism to make this language attractive or it’s just to tick boxes?

    11. OuterBlue090 on

      It should be normal to have Dutch classes in Wallonia and French classes in Flanders from a young age. And do it the same in the whole country.

      And give some classes in the other language. So that kids actually use it.

      But that would be hard for nationalists of course.

    12. Achrung-baby_23 on

      Ik heb Nederlands geleerd vanaf het derde leerjaar.
      Aan het einde van mijn schooltijd kon ik het natuurlijk nog bijna niet spreken.
      Maar omdat ik een solide grammaticale basis had, kon ik het Nederlands, zodra ik het nodig had, al snel goed begrijpen en spreken, totdat ik bijna perfect tweetalig was.
      Ik denk dat een basis om de taal later te kunnen gebruiken onmisbaar is.
      Als je echter geen gelegenheid hebt om de taal te gebruiken, raak je analfabeet in die taal, net zoals sommigen analfabeet worden in hun eigen taal.

    13. Nearby-Composer-9992 on

      Finally. It’s such a disgrace that the other national language isn’t an obligatory course in half of the country.