In French schools abroad, the results have already been published and many students have received mentions.
This is the case, for example, at the Lycée français de Shanghai with 100% passing and 96.7% mentions:
47.5% mentions TB
,
33.9% B
,
15.3% AB
and
2 admitted
.
With these brilliant results and students who are already trilingual or even quadrilingual (French + Mandarin + English + German or Spanish), we can only expect the best for their future.
These students have already planned to meet in the most prestigious schools in France, Canada, Great Britain, etc.
But what about students who studied in France?
Do they have the same chances for their future?
With a path and a future that may be traced differently, we can already think that the competition will be tougher for them, in the world of work for example.
Take the example of high school students.
The number of young people who continue in higher education is constantly changing (universities and public and private schools combined) but do they have the same chances of success in accessing these schools depending on whether they come from a high school X or from a high school Y?
Nothing is less sure.
The EF EPI (English Proficiency Index) ranked France in 31st place in terms of the level of English of the French.
Lack of oral communication, lack of participation in class, ... reasons that cannot be denied.
How then to ensure that French high school girls and high schools get up to speed before university?
One of the solutions - certainly the most effective and beneficial in terms of quality / price ratio - is a language course.
For a few weeks or a few months, teenagers, young adults (but also less young adults!) go to find a group of the same language level as them and take lessons in the language of the country while visiting it.
These stays, especially when practiced in complete immersion (sleeping with locals), are one of the most convincing solutions for learning a language.
Apart from the refresher courses, we find ourselves with the locals and we no longer have much choice but to try to make ourselves understood with idiomatic expressions.
Learning then takes place on its own (especially when the
we had a lesson in the morning or the day before to understand the culture of the country and work on its areas of improvement.
Imagine yourself in England, on the beaches of Eastbourne, having your fish & chips when in the morning you were in class to work on the "present perfect";
or in Singapore, in a restaurant in the city with the other students you met in class.
It's the perfect mix of useful and enjoyable.
Of course, the younger you start, the faster you learn.
This is why some do not hesitate to go from an early age (sometimes with the encouragement of their parents; sometimes only with their desire to travel) to a summer camp abroad.
From the age of 11 (sometimes 10), language travel organizations organize trips so that children can participate in activities at the same time as learning a language.
Apart from open-mindedness, it is a real chance for these young teenagers who have suffered - at too young an age - two years of the pandemic.
While some parents see this language trip as a bargaining chip or a reward to offer their children ("you got a good grade, you can go to New York this summer");
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others see the real advantage of this cultural exchange: developing their maturity, their open-mindedness, their curiosity;
these "soft skills" so much sought after by the business world today.
The children thus return from their "summer camp" having made immense progress in language.
Of course, the longer the child stays abroad, the more the child is in contact with the natives.
Similarly, the more lessons he takes, the more he progresses in language.
child stays abroad for a long time, the more the child is in contact with the natives.
Similarly, the more lessons he takes, the more he progresses in language.
child stays abroad for a long time, the more the child is in contact with the natives.
Similarly, the more lessons he takes, the more he progresses in language.
Another solution for making progress during the school holidays remains the holiday notebooks (sometimes seen as punishments), holidays abroad with the parents (but be careful not to stay constantly with the family or progress will not be made as quickly) or private lessons with a teacher.
We may not come out as grown up as after a language stay, but it can already be a start!
For those who already see the price of a language trip exorbitant, think that these prices generally include teachers' salaries, accommodation - and meals -, and often also sports activities, visits or cultural outings. ;
as well as plane tickets for certain destinations.
Finally,
some older young people can even combine language courses and small jobs.
It is then quite a 'win-win'!
Keep in mind, however, that your youngster will not necessarily want to work during these holidays, and will surely prefer to enjoy the sun, these new friends met in class during the language stay and rest following these last months well loaded.
Finally, by returning to France, these teenagers will have progressed in language - and in self-confidence!
- and will be ready to begin higher education with students who have grown up abroad.
It can also be more interesting than spending your summer watching English series on Netflix.
Remember to check that the organization is NF approved before making contact;
you could be prone to many disappointments if you don't.