Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Many recent mails have asked questions about coming to France and teaching English. Although English is a compulsory subject in all schools and most people in France have been taught English for seven years of their live, or more, the level of fluency is very low. Living in France it is not necessary or even useful to speak English unless you work in the tourist industry or are involved in an export business. With teenage children we meet many young people in our home and they very rarely can understand English and never speak it even after years of compulsory schooling. So it would seem there may be a big demand to teach English – but I see little real evidence to support this.

I was going to write more about this but an article in the April edition of The Connection gives a lot more information about TEFL – teaching English as a Foreign language – and refers to some other trades and professions if you move to France