Finnish Language Education Poised for Shake-Up

[Francis Hult]

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Finnish Language Education Poised for Shake-Up
published yesterday 05:03 PM, updated today 05:25 PM


Finnish language teachers fear that students are spending less time
studying languages while society and working life demand more language
fluency than ever. On Thursday, an interdisciplinary group, including
language teachers and interest groups, discussed how to overhaul
language education to better meet emerging needs.  Decision-makers are
coming face to face with the fact that Finland lacks the language
reserves needed to survive in an increasingly global society.
Education experts say Finland's fragmented language education policy
is to blame. If they had their way, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic would
be rolling off the tongues of Finnish pupils.

Full story:
http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2009/03/finnish_language_education_set_for_shake-up_642816.html


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