France

In the framework of a nation-wide consultation process the French Ministry of Education has brought up for discussion new texts concerning the Primary School program. These projects do not correspond to the hopes kindled by the speech given by the French Minister last 29th January (see news item from 8/5/2001). The coordination team “Ja-ling France/Porte des Langues”  takes part in this debate:

- Michel Candelier has sent an article to Le Monde
-The coordination team has  issued a text explaining their point of view. 

These texts are available at the site Ja-ling France

In a speech done  on 29 January 2001, the French Minister of Education announced new objectives for the “2nd cycle” of Primary School (last year of nursery school and two first years of Primary School). These objectives are very close to those developed in the  Jaling Project…
 Speech by the French Minister of Education

At a National Seminar organised by the Direction des Enseignements du Scolaires du Ministère on 27/28 March, Michel Candelier was invited to present the activities of the Evlang project and his reactions to the speech done by the Minister last 29 January.
You can find this text in the  Articles  section.

The Authore discusses the decisions announced by the Minister.

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