[lg policy] UK: Children 'increasingly unlikely' to learn a modern language

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


The University of Machester



Children 'increasingly unlikely' to learn a modern language



Children are increasingly unlikely to leave school with even the most
basic knowledge of modern languages despite Government claims to the
contrary, an independent study has found.



Angela McLachlan from The University of Manchester discovered a
'chaotic and ineffective' system of teaching modern languages in a
year-long study of four English primary schools.



Full story:

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=5003





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