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Quoll · 16-02-2008, 06:25 AM

We have a bilinugal French Australian K - 10 government school here in Canberra which is supported in part by the French government. Kids from there tend to go on to a college which does the IB. This is in ACT (Canberra). Dont know about other states.

With all states putting an emphasis on LOTE (Languages other than English) in the curriculum nationally I suppose you may find schools where French is another language option but, quite frankly, LOTE classes are usually little more than a few words and an appreciation of the local cuisine, you dont end up being a fluent speaker until you have done a specialized course in late HS or college.

16-02-2008, 06:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
Quoll PomsInOz Chatter Box Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canberra Posts: 1,457	We have a bilinugal French Australian K - 10 government school here in Canberra which is supported in part by the French government. Kids from there tend to go on to a college which does the IB. This is in ACT (Canberra). Dont know about other states. With all states putting an emphasis on LOTE (Languages other than English) in the curriculum nationally I suppose you may find schools where French is another language option but, quite frankly, LOTE classes are usually little more than a few words and an appreciation of the local cuisine, you dont end up being a fluent speaker until you have done a specialized course in late HS or college.