Wales slammed on foreign language learning

[Francis Hult]

News Wales

 

Wales slammed on foreign language learning

 

Wales's record on foreign language learning is abysmal and without urgent remedial action it will only get worse, it was claimed today.

New statistics show that the percentage of 15 year olds entering at least one GCSE in a modern foreign language has fallen each year, from 41 per cent in 1999 to 28 per cent in 2007 

Shadow Education Minister Andrew Davies AM said: "This is an all-too-regular, depressing demonstration of the Assembly Government's failure to ensure more young people learn a foreign language at school.

 

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