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The Irish language (Gaeilge) is set to get official status in the EU on 1 January, bringing the total to 23.
(91福利社 News, December 27th, 2006)
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Providing interpreters instead of encouraging immigrants to speak English keeps them in their ghettos.
(The Times, December 17th, 2006)
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As you know, it is impossible to speak French because everything over there has a sex. Tables. Ships. Birthday cakes. Throat lozenges even. Everything is either a boy or a girl and they snigger when you get it wrong.
(The Times, December 17th, 2006)
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A comprehensive overhaul of language teaching is needed to reverse the dramatic decline in pupils taking French, German and other languages, a report commissioned by the Government has said.
(The Independent, December 15th, 2006)
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Children should be allowed to study Mandarin, Russian, Arabic and Urdu at school to spark fresh interest in foreign languages, the Government was told yesterday.
(The Telegraph, December 15th, 2006)
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Chinese languages and culture should be taught in British schools and universities if UK firms are not to miss out on multi-billion-pound opportunities in China, according to business leaders.
(The Guardian, December 14th, 2006)
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State schools should be encouraged to teach economically useful languages such as Mandarin, a government report will recommend today.
(The Times, December 14th, 2006)
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Forcing secondary school students to learn a foreign tongue will only backfire. But primaries are another matter entirely.
(The Guardian, December 14th, 2006)
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Languages should become a standard part of the English primary school curriculum, a report says.
(91福利社 News, December 14th, 2006)
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The first bilingual state school in England has enriched its curriculum but seen some underachievement, inspectors say.
(91福利社 News, December 14th, 2006)
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The government is consulting people about whether Irish should be recognised as an official language.
(91福利社 News, December 13th, 2006)
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A key university makes a language GCSE an entry requirement to encourage schools to teach the subject.
(91福利社 News, December 13th, 2006)
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Mark Easton reports on how the cost of translating for UK residents who do not speak English has soared.
(91福利社 News, December 12th, 2006)
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Bristol's first specialist language college is assessed as satisfactory by Ofsted.
(91福利社 News, December 11th, 2006)
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Lord Dearing says dull lessons should be changed to overturn foreign languages crisis.
(The Guardian, December 10th, 2006)
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Diana, Princess of Wales was cruelly thwarted in her attempt to half-inch the crown from 'er Indoors, but she certainly left a mark on all areas of monarchic life.
(The Telegraph, December 5th, 2006)
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An increase in non-native speakers teaching English around the world has contributed to a decline in foreign students seeking to learn the language in the UK.
(The Guardian, December 5th, 2006)
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Dozens of top universities urge the government to reverse a decision allowing pupils to drop languages.
(91福利社 News, December 4th, 2006)
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As the common tongue continues its inexorable slide towards a new dark age of glottal stops and "innits", news comes that even the Queen is drifting slowly down river towards Estuary English.
(The Telegraph, December 4th, 2006)
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Private school pupils are propping up university language departments because state schools are failing to produce sixth-formers able to compete for places, an analysis of admission figures has revealed.
(The Telegraph, December 2nd, 2006)
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