Ontzettend Belangrijk<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Sander Dekker, the staatssecretaris <\/i>(junior minister) of education that proposed the bill, said that “we are an open economy, we earn our money often in foreign countries.” You meet many people that speak foreign languages, no matter where you work. Learning foreign languages is “<\/span>ontzettend belangrijk<\/i>” (incredibly important) for <\/span>leerlingen<\/i>, since in the end it can improve the competitive position of the Netherlands in the world economy.<\/span><\/p>\n Test<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For now, it will be a test for five years, to see how it goes. Twelve <\/span>basisscholen<\/i> (elementary schools) participate in this test. Half of all <\/span>lessen<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>may be taught in English. That is more than in the bill, because Mr. Dekker sees himself that this is a very far-going step. Many <\/span>leraren<\/i> (teachers) don’t speak English as well as they should to teach their class entirely in English. And, even though the <\/span>leerlingen<\/i> ought to learn the language, it is questionable that they know the language already that well to have their entire class taught in another tong<\/span>ue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Helemaal in het Engels In the Netherlands, a bill is proposed to let schools teach 15% of their lessen (classes) in another taal (language). Helemaal (completely). Especially English is attractive for many schools, because it is used everywhere. It is on TV, in movies, on the internet, and basically all around the small state. It…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/01\/lesgeven.jpg\")