Five million young Europeans are currently looking for work; and many of them will miss opportunities because they lack the right qualifications or experience. A recent public consultation, “Youth on the Move”, was run by the European Commission to investigate the...
Baroness Coussins, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on modern languages, says a “national languages recovery programme” is needed: http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6062341. Pointing out that French has disappeared from the top ten GCSE...
Five million young Europeans are currently looking for work; and many of them will miss opportunities because they lack the right qualifications or experience. A recent public consultation, “Youth on the Move”, was run by the European Commission to investigate the...
Ann Swarbrick, CILT, the National Centre for Languages LOOKING BACK – MOVING FORWARD: ‘There’s no such thing as a cognate’ ‘There’s no such thing as a cognate!’ I looked at the tall, lanky man opposite as his piercing eyes dared me to contradict him. He picked up...
Bernardette Holmes, University of Southampton – University of Cambridge LOOKING BACK – MOVING FORWARD: ‘What is French for?’ Remembering Brian Page, who never shied away from asking the unanswered questions. Sometimes it is all too easy to think that life in the...
