Current Languages News Today
Letters: LanguagesGove fights for languages Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:09:28 -0700
Quake hotlines in 40 languagesEmergency hotlines, offering earthquake advice in 40 languages, have been set up in the aftermath of the Christchurch quake. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:32:20 -0700
School will teach foreign languages to kids as young as 1 year oldEmily Hammond is turning the saying “you’re never too old to learn” upside down. She’s opening a school that will teach foreign languages to kids as young as 1 year old. Hammond is the owner and director of Yak Academy, near Academy and... Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:23:25 -0700
Baccalaureate planned to reverse the decline in foreign languagesA new English Baccalaureate exam is being planned by ministers to fight the decline in the number of young people studying languages and science at GCSE. The new qualification will be awarded to any student who gains A* to C grade GCSE passes in five named subjects – English, maths, modern foreign languages, science and a humanity. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:21:04 -0700
Radio review: Mind Your LanguageKonnie Huq's report on mother tongue languages was terrific. What a loss the BBC Asian Network will be These must be frustrating times to work at the BBC Asian Network. Never supported as noisily as 6 Music, when closure of both stations was mooted, the Asian Network remains doomed despite increased audiences and some terrific output. Last night's Mind Your Language , presented by Konnie Huq ... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:06:38 -0700
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