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Speak to the Future Campaign
New campaign calls for urgent action on languages
A new campaign, branded Speak to the Future, has been launched with the support of over 30
organisations to address the UK’s flagging achievement in language learning. The campaign calls
for urgent action on policy to safeguard and revitalise language learning across all phases of
education in order to boost educational and career opportunities for young people and our ability to
compete in the global economy. Campaigners have united to send a powerful public message
highlighting the vital national importance of foreign language capacity in today’s global world.
Languages in Europe: Theory, policy, practice
The LETPP project - Languages in Europe: Theory Policy Practice - has just launched its website:
Multilingualism has been described as an "asset for Europe and a shared commitment". This may, however, be more a vision of what might be than a description of reality. Reality is mediated not only by the vision (what people think), but by policy decisions (laws and regulations) and by performance (what we actually do).
A one year project - LETPP - has therefore been initiated in order to identify the conditions which allow good ideas on multilingualism to develop into coherent policy and practice, and also the obstacles to that happening. By policy we mean European, national and regional strategies which promote or inhibit linguistic diversity in social and economic life, and also specific measures which may support that diversity, such as the Lifelong Learning Programme.
New BBC interactive language site
Business Language skills
The Confederation of British Industry recently found 74% of employers look to hire candidates with conversational competence in another language because it helps businesses to communicate with customers and clients on a wider scale:
Language Centre congratulations!
A Warwick Award for teaching Excellence was collected by Teresa Mackinnon on Thursday July 16th.