Mandatory yet trash. Nobody graduates being able to speak English. The teachers themselves don’t even speak it. I’m a native speaker (immigrant parents) and I had to spend MONTHS working with my wife to get her to pass her B2 exam (and she had been “learning” English since kindergarten)
In public schools: not good, only mandatory in secondary school except in Buenos Aires where it’s mandatory from elementary school.
In private school: it’s only good in bilingual schools. Otherwise, it’s somewhat similar to public schools. That’s why it’s common for parents to send their kids to private English academies from a young age, unless they go to a bilingual school.
when I was in school in the 80s, it was only taught in full day public schools or in private schools, this left outside those in mid day schools (those that go from 8:30 to 12:45 and those that go from 13:30 to 17:15)
I know that when mercosur was formed in the 90s, foreign language classes were introduced in those mid day schools but you had to chose between english or portuguese.
I studied english with teachers outside school (I went to a mid day school) and in my highschool was a private one, so I had english as a subject for it’s whole duration.
In Chile, English is generally spoken, though not as fluently as in many European countries. Many Chileans tend to be shy about speaking English and often prefer to say they don’t speak it rather than attempting to use what they know. This is more a matter of practice and confidence than a lack of knowledge. There is also a significant generational gap., around 60% of young people can hold a conversation in English, while less/fewer than 5% of older people can. Additionally, proficiency varies depending on educational background. English is a mandatory subject in all university degree programs, and approximately 48% of young Chileans pursue higher education. In my case, as an engineering graduate, I’ve observed that within my group about 50% are fluent, 30% needs more practice, and the remaining 20% find English challenging but are learning it (apps, or courses)
Not very good, at least at school. Students don’t take the language very seriously and it’s rare that the teachers give them more than the basics, so they’re more than likely to forget it after they pass their exams.
There has been some changes since I was a kid, afaik. It was crap when I was in school in the 2000s.
My mom put me in English classes for around 5 years or so. I had a headstart, but I learned 70% by myself online, and I think most millennial kids learned English like this too. I got into fandoms and I guess when you’re actually interested in learning something instead of doing it out of obligation, it happens a lot faster.
I went to rich kid’s school, and they had us reading the autobiography of Malcolm X in English in the seventh grade. As with most things, it’s a matter of money.
In regular schools, English teaching is poor, except in high-class private schools. In Brazil, we also have tons of English schools, with different types of teaching and varying quality.
It’s entirely dependent on the schools, but most of the public schools have a mid to bad English education.
If you want your kids to learn English you either put them on particular classes outside normal school or you find a good private bilingual school that teaches it, and even that doesn’t necessarily assure you that kids will learn it.
I went to a private school that taught English since kindergarten by having half the day in English and the other in Spanish. I changed schools a couple times after 6th grade and the English teaching system was awful, so thankfully I already knew English when I got there. But I had classmates from my previous school who got the same English education as me and they didn’t know anything, so it depends if you paid attention or not
It depends, public school one is bad. Private school on the other hand ranges from bad to excellent depending on the school, bilingual schools are very common and if you studied there you end up speaking English fluently.
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Mandatory in every public high school. Private schools have it since kindergarten.
Mandatory yet trash. Nobody graduates being able to speak English. The teachers themselves don’t even speak it. I’m a native speaker (immigrant parents) and I had to spend MONTHS working with my wife to get her to pass her B2 exam (and she had been “learning” English since kindergarten)
In public schools: not good, only mandatory in secondary school except in Buenos Aires where it’s mandatory from elementary school.
In private school: it’s only good in bilingual schools. Otherwise, it’s somewhat similar to public schools. That’s why it’s common for parents to send their kids to private English academies from a young age, unless they go to a bilingual school.
Public schools, no good.
We have a ton of bilingual schools that has excellent English programs.
Is gud
when I was in school in the 80s, it was only taught in full day public schools or in private schools, this left outside those in mid day schools (those that go from 8:30 to 12:45 and those that go from 13:30 to 17:15)
I know that when mercosur was formed in the 90s, foreign language classes were introduced in those mid day schools but you had to chose between english or portuguese.
I studied english with teachers outside school (I went to a mid day school) and in my highschool was a private one, so I had english as a subject for it’s whole duration.
Is bad, very
In Chile, English is generally spoken, though not as fluently as in many European countries. Many Chileans tend to be shy about speaking English and often prefer to say they don’t speak it rather than attempting to use what they know. This is more a matter of practice and confidence than a lack of knowledge. There is also a significant generational gap., around 60% of young people can hold a conversation in English, while less/fewer than 5% of older people can. Additionally, proficiency varies depending on educational background. English is a mandatory subject in all university degree programs, and approximately 48% of young Chileans pursue higher education. In my case, as an engineering graduate, I’ve observed that within my group about 50% are fluent, 30% needs more practice, and the remaining 20% find English challenging but are learning it (apps, or courses)
Not very good, at least at school. Students don’t take the language very seriously and it’s rare that the teachers give them more than the basics, so they’re more than likely to forget it after they pass their exams.
There has been some changes since I was a kid, afaik. It was crap when I was in school in the 2000s.
My mom put me in English classes for around 5 years or so. I had a headstart, but I learned 70% by myself online, and I think most millennial kids learned English like this too. I got into fandoms and I guess when you’re actually interested in learning something instead of doing it out of obligation, it happens a lot faster.
Rubbish
Una mierda la verdad
Some specific language schools are very good. I got my CPE at 14. Most and every regular school range from bad to dreadfull.
I went to rich kid’s school, and they had us reading the autobiography of Malcolm X in English in the seventh grade. As with most things, it’s a matter of money.
Bad but improving
In regular schools, English teaching is poor, except in high-class private schools. In Brazil, we also have tons of English schools, with different types of teaching and varying quality.
It’s entirely dependent on the schools, but most of the public schools have a mid to bad English education.
If you want your kids to learn English you either put them on particular classes outside normal school or you find a good private bilingual school that teaches it, and even that doesn’t necessarily assure you that kids will learn it.
I went to a private school that taught English since kindergarten by having half the day in English and the other in Spanish. I changed schools a couple times after 6th grade and the English teaching system was awful, so thankfully I already knew English when I got there. But I had classmates from my previous school who got the same English education as me and they didn’t know anything, so it depends if you paid attention or not
Terrible, and we are a USA territory 🤦🏽♂️
Bad unless you go to private classes
In private schools it’s pretty good, public ones not so much. I personally went to different private schools and I had a great experience
If it’s private, it’s world class. If it’s public, it’s horrendous dogshit.
They’re crap, no way you’ll be fluent with school English classes. Maybe it’s different in private schools, idk.
People would rather do an English course but most of them are paid (read as: Not for everyone).
It depends, public school one is bad. Private school on the other hand ranges from bad to excellent depending on the school, bilingual schools are very common and if you studied there you end up speaking English fluently.