In some countries, school systems strive to produce bilingual students. In Morocco, students are now expected to be quadrilingual, and it is causing friction among the country’s conservative and ...

Youness Guarmouti moves throughout his classes at Amideast, the language school for foreign students in Rabat, with a gentle confidence that appears to win over his students immediately.

Many Moroccans hold the belief that most foreigners need not learn Darija, Morocco’s most widespread, though unofficial, tongue.

According to a study commissioned by the British Council, 40% of young Moroccans feel that it is more important to learn English than French, compared to only 10% who think otherwise. This figure will ...