[EDLING:391] EU language experts to call for more Arabic, Chinese, Hindi and fun

[Francis Hult]

Earth Times

 

EU language experts to call for more Arabic, Chinese, Hindi and fun 

 

Brussels - European Union experts are set to call Wednesday for better teaching of major languages such as Arabic, Chinese and Hindi to boost the EU's global competitiveness, officials said. And they are expected to call for language teaching to be more enjoyable and entertaining, in an effort to boost Europeans' enthusiasm for foreign tongues, sources in the European Commission - the EU's executive - told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

 

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Francis M. Hult, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
University of Texas at San Antonio
 
Web: http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/fhult/
 
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