UK: Foreign languages for seven-year-olds

[Francis Hult]

Telegraph

 

Foreign languages for seven-year-olds

 

More seven-year-olds in England are being taught a foreign language at school, figures show. 

 

The proportion of primary school children learning French, Spanish and German has almost doubled in the last five years, the Government said. 

 

Some children are also being taught Italian, Chinese, Japanese and Urdu. 

Ministers insisted they were on track to meet official targets to ensure all primary pupils learn a language by 2010. 

 

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