Bilingual State Schools in Madrid

[Pesky Wesky]

There are ads on the telly here advertising the fact that there are now 242 bilingual primary schools and 32 secondary schools in the STATE system in Madrid now and that you can apply for places now.

Here are 2 links

Madrid, comunidad bilingüe - Madrid.org - Portal de Educación

http://www.madrid.org/cs/Satellite?b...&ssbinary=true

Just before anybody says anything, I'm not actually saying I think it's a good idea, I'm just telling you what's out there. If this info and education system exists in Madrid it's probably underway in other areas too, so smth should come up if you google colegios institutos bilingue en XXXX.

The ad has children shouting yes we want in response to the question do you want to learn English ? As an English teacher I would never have let my students get away with that as a short answer, and sadly I think that's a reflection of the standard of English that children are receiving in these schools...

Originally Posted by Pesky Wesky

There are ads on the telly here advertising the fact that there are now 242 bilingual primary schools and 32 secondary schools in the STATE system in Madrid now and that you can apply for places now.

Here are 2 links

Madrid, comunidad bilingüe - Madrid.org - Portal de Educación

http://www.madrid.org/cs/Satellite?b...&ssbinary=true

Just before anybody says anything, I'm not actually saying I think it's a good idea, I'm just telling you what's out there. If this info and education system exists in Madrid it's probably underway in other areas too, so smth should come up if you google colegios institutos bilingue en XXXX.

The ad has children shouting yes we want in response to the question do you want to learn English ? As an English teacher I would never have let my students get away with that as a short answer, and sadly I think that's a reflection of the standard of English that children are receiving in these schools...

And.... "Yes we want!"???

The bilingual program has been implemented in many other comunidades.

I'm not really sure I want to comment on this since it could open a can of worms for myself, but bilingual education is new in many places and ... well, you can tell it's new.

It's a very interesting project, at least.

[SteveHall]

"Yes we want"????????????????????

Is that meant to be English? What an advert for the system!!!

I just want to know where they are going to get enough quality (and qualified) English teachers from. Of the ones I know, hardly any can do much more than order a coffee. I must have spent the best part of 6 months trying to get a teacher from Albacete to pronounce "hotel, home, house" at least well enough that it did not jar my eardrums!

An exciting experiment but ........


Thanks for the links PW.

Originally Posted by SteveHall

"Yes we want"????????????????????

Is that meant to be English? What an advert for the system!!!

"Look! The children are saying words I understand! The system must be cojonudo!"

I'm having a very bad culture shock day and it's related to English language. I will restrain from commenting more.

[SteveHall]

Originally Posted by halydia

I'm having a very bad culture shock day and it's related to English language. I will restrain from commenting more.

As an American, I can understand the problems you have with the English language and nothing that Obama says is going to make it any easier for the next generation LOL

Originally Posted by SteveHall

As an American, I can understand the problems you have with the English language and nothing that Obama says is going to make it any easier for the next generation LOL

Vaya por dios. Es que 12 horas de español y 4 horas de inglés (¡solo en la aula!) afecta mi habilidad de speek eenglish y wri-te eenglish.

Four years of university in Canada and I still refuse to insert "u"s where they don't belong. Toma.

[Pesky Wesky]

Originally Posted by halydia

Four years of university in Canada and I still refuse to insert "u"s where they don't belong. Toma.

That might require a little explanation, but don't hurry, whenever you feel up to speaking like a native again!

[SteveHall]

favor - favour?
color - colour?

Originally Posted by SteveHall

favor - favour?
color - colour?

*twitch*

That might require a little explanation, but don't hurry, whenever you feel up to speaking like a native again!

Friends and professors corrected my "incorrect" spelling. It was my one little rebellion, refusing to put "u"-s.
Oooh - and centre. That was a big one.

It's come back to bite me hard here. You can now catch me using the "have got" construction instead of "have," as many teachers I've worked with insist that we do things that way.