The languages German and French suffer from an image problem, three teacher-researchers wrote in an email last month op-ed. It is a vicious circle: without high-quality language education, students are more likely to drop subjects. It leads to fewer language students and ultimately fewer teachers. “If you want to make an impression in the student café, you apparently have to study psychology (interesting), technical physics (difficult) or artificial intelligence (the future, they say),” according to the teacher-researchers.
Scheisse, German teachers are ‘running out’ in Utrecht: ‘I have never experienced this before’
