标题: A Bill in France to Allow More University Courses Taught in English [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 5-20-2013 11:19 标题: A Bill in France to Allow More University Courses Taught in English Edward Cody, In France, Some Suffer Malaise as Universities Offer English-Language Courses. Washington Post, May 18, 2013. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wo ... acc3942e_story.html
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(a) "Viewed from France, the trouble with modern times is that many of those activities [diplomacy; business, knowledge, traveling, and sweet talk] are now conducted in English, even by the French.
(b) "Higher Education Minister Genevieve Fioraso this past week introduced a bill that would allow French universities to teach more courses in English, even when English is not the subject. The goal, she explained, is to attract more students from countries such as Brazil, China and India where English is widely taught but French is reserved largely for literature lovers.
“'Ten years ago, we were third in welcoming foreign students, but today we are fifth,' she said in a Q&A in the magazine Nouvel Observateur. 'Why have we lost so much attraction? Because Germany has put in place an English program that has passed us by. We must make up the gap.'
(c) Mr Jacques Attali opposes the idea: "Besides, he added, foreign students already account for 13 percent of the total 2.3 million enrolled in institutions of higher learning, a bigger proportion than in Germany.
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(i) Go to "Indicator C4 Who studies abroad and where?" and click "READ" (online as html). http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-A ... here_eag-2012-26-en
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(A) In the new Web page, "Chart C4.2. Distribution of foreign students in tertiary education, by country of destination (2010)" at page 364 shows: US 16.6%> UK 13%> Australia 6.6%> Germany 6.4%> France 6.3%> Canada 4.7%>> China 1.8%
(B) See also section heading "Main countries of origin" at page 369.
(e) Sciences Po http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciences_Po
(French: Institut d'études politiques de Paris, English: Paris Institute of Political Studies; public; Established in 1872 as the École Libre des Sciences Politiques)
(f) For School of Higher Commercial Studies, see
École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC Paris) http://www.hec.edu