The 2019 French Syllabus for Primary Schools has been released by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and it is set to start operation from September 2019.
Rationale
“The pace of development in the present world makes it important that we acquire more knowledge in a variety of subjects and also develop the capacity to
communicate in more than one language.
Some major international languages at the moment are English, French, Chinese and Spanish. Being able to communicate in at least two of these languages has
strategic importance in such areas as etc.
Besides, the current trend towards international co-operation, peaceful co-existence and technology transfer, necessitates that a person be able to communicate in a language that is understood by his/her neighbours.
Given the geographical position of Ghana, surrounded, as it is, by French speaking countries, the ability of the Ghanaian to communicate effectively in French will promote as well as strengthen, socio-economic and political interaction with our neighbours, in particular, and indeed with other French-speaking countries, in general”.
Philosophy of Learning the French Language
French language learning was originally considered a cognitive matter, mainly involving memorization. It was later thought to be socio-cognitive. This means it could be learned through the process of social interaction.
Today, however, the dominant techniques of learning the French language are through the task-based,
communicative as well as functional approaches. At this level, we propose the task-based approach which puts the learner in real-life language learning situations, but which equally includes the some of the major characteristics the communicative approach.
Click here to download the 2019 GES French Syllabus for Primary Schools
