All About Learning French

[momof1GIRL]

Is there other french class to attend for my 6 yrs old child. she is exempted for mandarin class in her new school this coming jan 2012. any other suggestion with affordable rate . thanks a lot!

[rambutan77]

momof1GIRL:

Is there other french class to attend for my 6 yrs old child. she is exempted for mandarin class in her new school this coming jan 2012. any other suggestion with affordable rate . thanks a lot!

http://www.alliancefrancaise.org.sg/ at 1 Sarkies Rd does provide lessons for children who opted to take French in lieu of their mother tongue languages that are not taught at main stream schools.

There's a relatively new French language school called the http://www.frenchtoast.sg/ at 213 Thomson Rd too but I'm not familiar with their classes.

How is your child exempted for Chinese class may I ask?

[momof1GIRL]

Is anyone here have try frenchfaster.com?, just found their website on google. Any feedback about them , im looking for a french class for my daughter, and frenchfaster is the only one who offer a online class via skype , it was really convenient to my child . Thanks

[Gin]

Hi, may I know the age of yr daughter? Have you considered Alliance Francaise at 1 Sarkies Road?

[momof1GIRL]

She is 6 yrs old primary 1. Im looking for a french class fo her. thanks for the reply

[Gin]

Hi momof1GIRL,


I too have a girl of 6 years old and in P1. Planning to register her at Alliance Francaise in Feb for her French class starting in March. Maybe you can check it out.

[momof1GIRL]

Thanks mommy Gin for the information. Hopefully they have class every saturday. I will call them as soon as possible.

[11gaffy12345]

Looking for classes for my 3&4yr old too

It’s almost impossible to get weekend classes
Know of any small group tuition instead?

[lchunleo]

hi all


Just to satisfy my own curiosity when posing this question as why parent wish to send their child to french language instead of other language like English, Mandarin which the child will use these language more in school and their environment? Do these parent have learnt French before or in expat school? So how do you all keep French language alive at home, do you speak to your child in French?

i oso noticed that a lot of parent go for French instead of other languages e.g. German, Korean, Japanese why is it so?

Thanks

[Gin]

Hi Ichunleo,

Since English is the First Language in Singapore, it is compulsory for all students to take English in the local schools. Exposure to the English language is definitely not a problem here. As to why parents put their children in foreign languages classes, I suppose it is up to the individual's family/home situation. Some parents may find it difficult to help their children in their Chinese Homework and Exams, especially those who do not speak the Chinese Language at all. Tuition does not come cheap nowadays. Some families may have 'French' connections - maybe one of the parents is French and would like their children to learn their mother tongue instead of seeing their children struggle with Mandarin. Some children take French as a Third Language out of interest. I know of a couple who comes from Sri Lanka. They only speak English and Sinhalese. They do not even speak Tamil. They are trying to get their child exempted from Tamil as MTL. There are so many possibilities......

As to why many choose French Language compared to other foreign languages? Alliance Francaise has a very organized and time proven system of teaching the language. They have courses for children from 2+ years of age. I do not know of any other centers doing that.

As for me, I personally went through the Alliance Francaise method in Penang and Sri Lanka, ages ago though :). Glad to say, I was able to converse in French during my one year stay in Mauritius. I know I can help my child in French and I know my child will struggle less with French compared to Mandarin. She does not mind speaking in Mandarin but dislikes writing Chinese characters. I rather not kill her love for the Chinese Language. As long as she is able to converse in Mandarin, I am happy.