French children are first taught French. The first foreign language is English, then Spanish, then German.
Within a month a child may learn French. It depends upon the situation. A child who lives in a French speaking country, plays with French speaking children, and takes classes at French speaking schools learns quickly.
Only French children should be made to learn French. While children should be made to learn a foreign language, that language should be one of the wolds major languages and French is not one of these. For native English speakers, Spanish or Chinese would be more appropriate, for non English speakers, English should be the language taught.
In France, English is taught as a mandatory subject in schools starting from primary school. Children learn English as part of their curriculum in the classroom setting. Homeschooled children in France also have the option to learn English through various resources and programs available to them.
To learn to learn is "apprendre à apprendre" in French.
French education is rigid but recently has slipped in mathematics.https://www.expatica.com/fr/education/Education-in-France_101147.html
Pet. That makes little children laugh a lot when they learn that it means an animal in English!
The verb in French for "to learn" is "Apprendre"
Yes, Algerian learn French.
French children typically start learning English as a foreign language around the age of 6 or 7 in primary school. English is a mandatory subject in French schools, and students receive English lessons throughout their education.
Danish, English at 3th grade, and German/French at 7-9th grade.
That will take years, even if you start to live in a French-speaking environment - except for young children who will learn French as easily as their native language. But learning a few hundred common French words is certainly enough for us French speakers to understand you, and this is the real purpose of learning a language.