2nd languages in schools

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Hi
Could anyone tell me what kids learn as a second language in Adelaide. There'd be little point in learning French, German and Spanish so do they learn Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, etc and does this start in infants or junior?
Thanks

[soggy]

Hi
Could anyone tell me what kids learn as a second language in Adelaide. There'd be little point in learning French, German and Spanish so do they learn Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, etc and does this start in infants or junior?
Thanks

I seem to bump into a lot of people who speak a little Mandarin so maybe this is the one.

Simon

[lynsteve]

soon will be Afghanistan, iraq, iranian, somalian, with a bit of indonesian for the boat captains,

stevo

[Sallyh]

Actually I think Spanish is an up and coming language and one of the most useful worldwide to learn.

My friend says her 6YO has been learning Japanese for a year and he knows one word: pokemon!), when my DS was in school here he learned Indonesian... think all schools vary. But the South Australian curriculum framework requires they do LOTE (language other than English) from Reception. I think the extent to which schools take LOTE seriously varies greatly. Much of it is cultural stuff with the younger ones.

[back clan]

My daughter has been learning Japanese at school. Not only speaking which she is finding hard but more about the culture etc

[the4hopes]

My daughter does German, they also learn French and Japanese.

[Nick11]

My son learns japanese at primary -he loves it.
My daughter learns german at high school -she did 2 years of japanese at primary and hated every minute of it.
At least now I can help her with her german homework as I did it at A'level. The only japanese word I know is hot doggo!!!!!!

[caoimhe]

All my kids are learning Chinese. At their school it starts from year 1 so my eldest who stated over here in year 6 is finding it tough trying to keep up with the rest of his class who have been doing it for a few years

[Here at last!]

My son is learning Italian at school, he also did Italian at kindy. We live in an area with a large Italian community.

[mOZzy]

my son has just started reception and he has japanese!