English Translation

Rechto des Stontsfekretöes at the E.πbd Nedêlni Ceské Slovo,No. 34 (198), 25.8.40: "German lessons at our schools." Increase in the number of German lessons at the middle schools - Deutsek as a compulsory subject at the civic schools and continued to be free of charge at the elementary schools, beginning in the third class. Prague, 24 August (jan). This year's school year brings with it certain changes in the organization of language teaching in our schools. Up to the previous year, German was only compulsory for middle and specialist schools, while it was unobligat at the civic schools and in elementary schools it was only possible in some (usually urban) schools to teach German in the more advanced years, if at least 20 pupils enrolled, however, only as a free subject. This year, a number of major changes were made in this directive. More hours in secondary schools. The middle schools received a preliminary announcement from the school administration about the new number of hours of instruction and their distribution among the individual subjects. According to the new guidelines, in the next school year, two hours a week in all classes of secondary schools will be taught more German than before. In the first and second classes, this means six German lessons, from the third to the eighth grade, five German lessons a week. It will therefore be possible, especially in the Prima and the Secondary, to work on German lessons every day and thus to create the continuity that must be given great importance in teaching foreign languages. It will be possible to devote a fraction of the teaching of conversation every day, which is a great advantage in itself. As one of the reasons for the failure of German teaching at the civic schools, it was often mentioned that the pupils develop little diligence when it comes to an unobligatory subject. Even if this circumstance was never sufficiently valid, the new regulation is to be welcomed already because the majority of the pupils did not register for German lessons out of their own interest, but about the wishes of the parents. The current status: four hours a week in all classes. In the draft of the new curricula five German lessons per week are expected in all years and in the course (Iv.Jahrgang).St. S.Tv 0 - 3 40 B.w.