Writing 2, Kalina

Foreign-language learning in my country

I’m writing this report as to comment on the foreign-
language learning techniques in my motherland. I’ll be
talking about the certain languages, where and who
learns them and my recommendations for improving this
part of our education.
By law, every Bulgarian child must start school at the
age of 7. That’s how old we are when we begin our
foreign language classes. The most popular language
within elementary schools is English, even though some
private schools assign German as a first foreign language
class. When students move to the 8th grade, it’s typical
for state schools to give two options for the second
foreign language class and it is either Russian or German.
If you have enrolled into a school, which specializes in
foreign languages, your options may be French, Spanish,
and even Chinese! The diversity gets even bigger if you
decide to take private courses with qualified teachers, i.e.
to learn outside of school in a group or alone.
 However, improvements can be made and I have
recommendations of my own. Firstly, a higher pay is
mandatory for teachers in general. It’s going to be
motivational and everyone would work harder and
better. Secondly, not every state school teacher is
qualified and this results in students having poor
knowledge on the subject, so there should be more
positions in universities. Lastly, a bigger part of the
national budget should be spent for educational
purposes. Financial help will lead to better equipment
and access to better resourses!