UK: Children 'increasingly unlikely' to learn a modern language

[Francis Hult]

The University of Machester

 

Children 'increasingly unlikely' to learn a modern language

 

Children are increasingly unlikely to leave school with even the most basic knowledge of modern languages despite Government claims to the contrary, an independent study has found.

 

Angela McLachlan from The University of Manchester discovered a 'chaotic and ineffective' system of teaching modern languages in a year-long study of four English primary schools.

 

Full story:

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=5003

_______________________________________________
Edling mailing list
Edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu
https://lists.sis.utsa.edu/mailman/listinfo/edling
List Manager: Francis M. Hult