Multilingual: Should the school teach more?
New school years always bring new exciting changes! This year, one of them was introducing new extra language classes, Spanish and Chinese. Though we do wonder if there is anymore to come.
A welcomed addition
Spanish and Chinese were 2 new electives this year. It was a well received change among students:
“I feel that schools offering additional foreign language classes, such as Spanish or Chinese, can satisfy students’ passion for learning the languages they are interested in ( . . . )” noted Phúc Khang (10.1)
“I feel like the school is improving a lot and I think the school made a good decision because it helps expand [our] knowledge.” shared Khánh Vân (8.4)
“I sincerely believe this is a fantastic opportunity for WISers to engage with diverse cultures worldwide through their most distinctive feature: language. Learning a language definitely goes beyond vocabulary and grammar ( . . . ) It’s wonderful to see how WSSG is starting to embrace cross-cultural learning!” Thanh Vi (12.3) said as she shared her views on the matter.
Many students – most of which are already studying more than 2 languages – share similar thoughts, that there's always value in having new things to discover and learn, expressing their opinions on the importance of learning new languages:
“( . . . ) Knowing multiple languages will help you have more opportunities as well as expand your horizons.” said Hoa Khánh (11.3).
“( . . . ) Learning languages is very important, it helps us connect to the world and people learn languages to travel, to teach and to have more career opportunities.” Vinh Phúc (9.1) commented.
What’s planned for the future?
Students interviewed said they would like to see more languages, including French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese, citing reasons alike such as because they are widely spoken/utilized languages, or because it’s simply fun to learn. Needless to say, students would love to see Wellspring put more effort into bringing extra languages to school.
