[lg policy] Wales: Drop in modern language learning

[Harold Schiffman]

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BBC News



Drop in modern language learning

Schools in Wales should do more to encourage pupils to learn modern
languages, say education inspectors.

They cite an award-winning teacher who encouraged her class by asking
three Spanish footballers with Swansea City to talk to her pupils in
Pembrokeshire.

Ten years ago 41% of pupils in Wales chose to do a foreign language at
GCSE. This had fallen to 28% two years ago.



Full story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8131193.stm

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