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In the Dordogne not only do the schools welcome the children with open arms, they also provide them with French lessons.The avalanche of British people moving to the southwest Dordogne region of France each year is having an unexpected benefit on rural French schools once in danger of closing.
"The current political will is to close down schools and services in small
rural areas and centralise them in towns. Happily, the British like to live in
small, rural areas and send their children to local schools," said Bruno
Arfeuille, a roving teacher who gives French lessons to new arrivals.
Because not only do the schools welcome the children with open arms, they also provide them with French lessons.
Arfeuille is one of two such teachers and currently has more than 100
students in different schools around the area, which counts between 5,000 and 10,000 Britons. They have been drawn by the laid-back lifestyle, warm climate and the lower cost of living.
"The girls are always faster than the boys, but it takes about three months to a year for the children to learn French, depending on their level when they arrive," Arfeuille said.
At the local school in Eymet, a village of 2,600 inhabitants with such a high population of English speakers that one was recently elected as a town councillor, Arfeuille has a class of six.
"What is this?" asks Arfeuille, pointing to an exercise book. "Kay yea," he pronounces phonetically. "Cahier is French for exercise book. Now repeat after me: kay yea."
The children, aged between six and 11, get it first time round. The name of the school is harder however. "Pont du Juillet, repeat after me, Ecole Pont du Juillet."
Of the six children, some have been in France for a year already, while
others like Mackenzie and Scarlet, arrived last week. Only one of them,
Louisa, has had extra French lessons before arriving. The rest are simply
picking it up as they go along.
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