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Cactus celebrates the European Day of Languages

Posted by Lucy under Learning a language

Now it its seventh year, the European Day of Languages (EDL) is a Council of Europe initiative to celebrate language and cultural diversity - http://www.cilt.org.uk/edl/. It aims to highlight the importance of language learning and increase awareness and appreciation of all languages. Special events and celebrations are taking place at schools and organisations at 45 [...]

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BBC: More primaries teaching languages

Posted by Lucy under Cactus Languages Abroad

Some welcome news for languages reported on the BBC website today with the proportion of primary schools teaching a language rising from 70% in 2006 to 84% last year. In 2002, the figure was just 44%. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7475422.stm
Schools Minister Jim Knight says the government should meet its target of giving all primary pupils the chance to learn a [...]

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