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UK: Ancient Greek in primary

Postby kimon07 » Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:32 am

From www.capital.gr , Monday, June 11, 2012 15:33
(google translation)

The ancient Greek is one of the foreign languages to be taught to the students in Britain from the age of seven years under the new curriculum set for public consultation by the UK Government and will be implemented as of 2014.
The compulsory teaching of foreign languages from the first classes of primary school is one of the seven reforms suggested by the British government. Students will learn to formulate complete sentences with correct pronunciation and express simple ideas. Among the proposed foreign languages is the ancient Greek, Latin and Mandarin. Songs and poems will be used as educational tools that bring together students with the language, through the memorization.

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http://capital.gr.msn.com/Article.aspx?id=1525446
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Re: UK: Ancient Greek in primary

Postby boomerang » Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:34 am

why would you bother with anything else than mandarin?...greek and latin are next to useless...
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