16.3190, Media: BBC: School Language Decline Continues

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Subject: 16.3190, Media: BBC: School Language Decline Continues

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Date: 04-Nov-2005
From: Karen Chung < karchung at ntu.edu.tw >
Subject: BBC: School language decline continues 

	
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Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 10:49:43
From: Karen Chung < karchung at ntu.edu.tw >
Subject: BBC: School language decline continues 
 


BBC News: UK edition  Thursday, 3 November 2005

School language decline continues

     Learning a modern language beyond the age of 14 is now compulsory in
only a quarter of England's state secondary schools, a survey suggests.

     In a similar survey a year ago, by the National Centre for Languages,
the figure was more than a third. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4404998.stm


        Karen Chung

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