Teacher Recruitment Issues

Bureaucracy
(ex: certification)
is considered more important than
Qualification
 Teacher Recruitment Issues

•The teacher should have “O” level French, but the

ones who have it are not always the most willing or
confident.

•Teachers with “O” level French had done little or no

talking in their own French Course at school, but had
been mainly involved in writing and translating.

•Even if the teachers are certified, they may lack of

experience in teaching primary school students.
 Teacher Training
Why is the training needed?

•Teacher must be competent enough

linguistically and professionally to be able to
deviate from the prescribed book.

•The effect of using teachers who lack confidence

and competence will make them over-dependent
on and vulnarable to a prescriptive course book.
 Colleges of Education
• Offers a balance of academic and professional
input, developing trainees’ skills in French and
their teaching skills alongside each other

• Supervision from tutors in the training for

students who will teach French.
 “The Primary French” Project

• The pilot scheme tried to organise

experimental schools so that secondary
schools would recruit children with similar
backgrounds.

• Not all of those who would be significantly

affected were represented in the planing.
 Failure of The Project
The scheme was not teacher-led nor needs-
led. It chances of being perceived as
successful would have been greater if French
had been needed in the primary school and
the effectiveness of pupils’ learning could
have been measured in relation to that need.