A survey of adult language provision by Local Authority's and
Further Education colleges was carried out by CILT, the National
Centre for Languages in collaboration with the Association for
Language Learning and NIACE. The survey took place from December
2006 to February 2007 and sought data based on learner figures for
the academic years 2004-5 and 2005-6.
The main findings include:
- The number of adults learning languages in local authority and
FE college classes is continuing to decline
- Spanish continues to grow as the foremost language learnt, with
Italian, British Sign Language and Arabic also increasing their
share of the market.