News Archive 2005
There are just 173 days, and counting, to the soccer World Cup in Germany. More than 100,000 England fans are planning to travel there in June.....
CILT, the National Centre for Languages, has warmly welcomed today's announcement by Schools Minister Jacqui Smith that schools will be required to set targets of no fewer than 50% of pupils taking languages to GCSE or similar.
At least half of all pupils should be tackling a foreign language at key stage 4, according to targets set down today by schools minister Jacqui Smith.
With over 300 languages spoken by its residents, London is one of the most multilingual capitals in the world. By pledging your support to Welcome the World, you are showing that you share the vision to make the most of languages in the capital. Although we enjoy the benefits of using English to communicate at home and abroad, we fail to maximise the potential of our rich linguistic diversity. The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will rely on the best possible communication in our city and with people and organisations across the globe: they give us a once in a lifetime opportunity to create a lasting legacy for languages in London.
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Tens of thousands of pupils have deserted the study of modern foreign languages since the Government made them optional, according to a survey published yesterday.....read more.
The Government's commitment to make a foreign language available to all 7- to 11-year-olds by 2010 has taken a step forward with the publication of a languages framework backed by more training and cash for schools.
Many teachers lack the confidence and skills to implement government plans to extend language learning to all primary schools, research suggests. The government's response is to raise interest in languages at an earlier age...read more.
Ministers have come under fresh pressure to tackle the steep drop in pupils taking French and German at school, after a poll found more than 90% of adults want their children to learn a language.
Seven out of ten people have tried to learn a language at some point in their life and most wish they could speak one more fluently, a survey found.
If you are thinking of translating your company's technical or promotional material into foreign languages, identifying a good quality supplier of translation services can be a headache.
A REVIEW of GCSEs has been launched by the Government's examination watchdog amid concern over the grading of papers by England's three exam boards.
A GLUT of students taking "soft" A-levels threatens to damage the British economy, business leaders warned last night, as it emerged that media studies had become more popular than physics.
BUSINESS leaders demanded urgent action today to halt the decline in the number of teenagers studying A-Level science and foreign languages.
Britain's economic future will be "compromised" unless more students study science and foreign languages, the director general of CBI fears.
The British military is teaching Arabic to a growing number of its troops as part of its battle for Iraqi hearts and minds.
The lack of language skills in the UK is seriously damaging business. Click here to read more.
The number of pupils taking GCSEs in languages such as Chinese, Arabic and Turkish has doubled in the past decade.
A new report published by West London Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has revealed that a large number of workers at Heathrow Airport are keen to learn new languages. Many employees feel that improving their language skills would help them perform better in their jobs, highlighting an important skills gap for the LSC and employers to plug.
Our ability to hear and understand a second language becomes more and more difficult with age, but the adult brain can be retrained to pick up foreign sounds more easily again.
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