The subject of French pupils' spelling skills is resurfacing in the public debate.
According to a study by the evaluation, forecasting and performance department, the average number of errors on the same dictation has almost doubled since 1987. Indeed, four generations of CM2 pupils have respectively been evaluated on one and the same dictation, in 1987, 2007, 2015 and 2021. Students today make an average of 19.4 mistakes compared to only 10.4 in 1987.
To respond to this emergency, the Minister of National Education is expected at the turn.
"
We are going to make announcements from the beginning of 2023 to rectify things, in terms of pedagogy
", said Pap Ndiaye on France Info, Friday, December 9.
There can be many avenues to explain what he denounces as being a “
structural decline
”.
Spelling survey, 1987, 2007, 2015, 2021. DEPP - Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports
Fewer hours of French at school
For Olivier Chartrain, professor in Nantes, it is first of all on the side of the number of hours of lessons devoted to the French language that we must look for.
A student from 2015…
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