Latest Breaking News On - Association of language teachers - Page 1 : comparemela.com

Record enrolment for te reo Māori, foreign languages down © RNZ / Te Aniwa Hurihanganui The number of teenagers studying te reo Māori at secondary school has passed 30,000 for the first time. Education Ministry figures showed in 2020 30,626 studied te reo and 1324 studied Te Reo Rangatira, which is for native speakers. The figures showed enrolment in international languages also rose in 2020 with 55,531 enrolments, up from 53,215 in 2019. French and Spanish were the most popular foreign languages, attracting 14,652 students and 13,237 students respectively. However, French enrolments have nearly halved since 2006 and fell again in 2020 while enrolments in Spanish have been steadily increasing. Japanese was the most popular Asian language with 12,068 students, though that was well below highs of more than 18,000 students in 2006-8.

New zealandNew zealandersAniwa hurihanganuiNgahiwi apanuiTaura whiriRebekah parsons kingReo rangatiraLanguage commissionEducation ministryAssociation of language teachersMinistry of educationLanguage teachersMartin eastMorning reportபுதியது ஜீலாந்துரிபிகே பார்சன்கள் கிங்