■ 『世界の英語教室』
「フランス英語編」
      By Mina Hisada/ Illustration by Puri

Of course it depends on the person, but generally, we are not that interested in English. Not only English, we are not that interested in other foreign languages. However, it's been changing over time as many companies prefer pepole who can use English.

2.<フランスでの小学生英語教育について>
(About English education in France)

In France, English is taught at elementary school but only for 1-2 hours per week. Students just learn the basics such as greetings, color, how to say Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday,etc.,and how to count.

It's less like they're "studying" English than "enjoying" English.

When they turn 11, they start studying seriously.They spend 4-5 hours on English per week. 　

3.<フランス人からみた日本人の英語について>

I don't know how English is taught in Japan, but I think there don't seem to be that many English-speakers in Japan.Take, for example, their pronunciation. "Girl" sounds like "Gal". I really like J-Pop and often listen to it. A lot of the lyrics are in English, even though many of the singers don't actually speak English. Do they understand what they are singing? I doubt it.