[Edling] UK: Myth: young people have abandoned language learning

[Francis Hult]

The Guardian



Myth: young people have abandoned language learning



Named in 2012 as the UK’s most multilingual student, Alex Rawlings couldn’t be further away from the stereotype of a stubbornly monolingual Brit. This year he added a 15th language, Hungarian, to his repertoire. “I can’t imagine my life without languages,” says Rawlings. “If there were no languages in the world … I can’t really imagine what I would do.”



However, with the number of students doing modern language degrees in the UK at a record low, Rawlings’ love of language learning is apparently not common among his peers.



Full story:
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/nov/02/myth-young-people-have-abandoned-language-learning
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