Word of Mouth - Foreign Language Learning
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Students at schools and universities are no longer choosing to study foreign languages. In the first of a new series, Chris Ledgard asks how much this really matters.
Students are no longer choosing to study modern foreign languages. In the first of a new series of Word of Mouth, Chris Ledgard asks how much this matters.
In 2001, 78% of pupils in England did a language GCSE. By last year that had fallen to just 43%. Chris Ledgard talks to Andy Burnham, Shadow Secretary of State for Education; Vivienne Hurley of the British Academy; Professor Andrew Hussey of the University of London Institute in Paris; John Rushforth, Deputy Vice Chancellor of UWE; Swansea University language student Catherine Rendle; Luke Young, President of the NUS in Wales and Glyn Hambrook, a former language lecturer, to find out the true picture and ask if it really matters.
- Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 4:00PM Tue, 19 Jul 2011
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4:00PM Tue, 19 Jul 2011
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- Duration 30 minutes
