UK: French a 'useless' language, says former minister

[Francis Hult]

Wales Online

 

French a 'useless' language, says former minister

 

It might not go down well with Francophile fans of cult sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, but in a blast against the language - dismissed as "insulting" by opponents - Rhondda MP Chris Bryant has claimed that French is no longer an important economic language for children to learn.

 

Labour's Mr Bryant, now a Shadow Foreign Office minister, was advocating the importance of young people taking up languages to win business in today's global economy.

 

 

Full story:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/2010/06/17/french-a-useless-language-says-former-minister-91466-26668346/

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