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2002

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December 2002
Education: Left in the lurch over languages	29th	The Times
Don't be tongue-tied in quest for custom abroad	27th	The Journal
Language skills in the new Europe	27th	The Times
Primary pupils will have chance to learn a language	19th	The Daily Telegraph
Clarke wants every primary to offer a foreign language	19th	The Times
Speaking in tongues- Britons need to break out of their linguistic insularity	19th	The Times
Language students to get classroom role	19th	The Independent
Clarke launches plan to make languages compulsory in primary schools	19th	The Independent
Tongue-tied: Must the UK always be a nation of language dunces? Europe?	19th	The Independent
Novices teach kids French	19th	The Sun
Déjà vu	19th	The Sun
Charles Clarke on why all seven-year-olds should start learning a language	19th	BBC Radio 4
Unqualified staff to teach languages	18th	BBC (On-line)
Clarke targets primary schools in language strategy	18th	The Guardian
Language students to get classroom role	17th	The Independent
A success in any language	12th	The Herald
November 2002
Graduates reign in Spain	28th	The Independent
Language learning on the brink of crisis	25th	TES
Foreign assistants to teach languages in primary schools	25th	The Independent
UK students lose out on Euro jobs	24th	BBC (On-line)
Overseas language coaches for primaries	24th	The Times
Get through the language barrier	22nd	The Observer
Half of secondary schools set to drop languages at 14	22nd	The Times
Schools to drop languages at 14	22nd	The Daily Telegraph
Clarke stirs independent school fears on 'positive discrimination	22nd	The Guardian
A War of Soft Words	16th	The Guardian
Translating Success	16th	The Journal
Cultural training on offer to boost UK export market	15th	The Journal
CBI caught in language row	14th	The Scotsman
Language Barriers - Letters	12th	The Guardian
Open University - comme il faut	8th	The Journal
Neil urges inquiry into language skills gap	8th	The Herald
MP suggests single Euro language	6th	BBC (On-line)
Cornish language to get official recognition	6th	The Independent
Breaking down the Language Barriers	5th	Yorkshire Post
Silence falls	5th	The Guardian
Young ambassadors	5th	The Guardian
Dancing to a different tune	5th	The Guardian
Tongue tied	5th	The Guardian
Dumbing down	5th	The Guardian
October 2002
One sets an example in the languages of business	29th	The Journal
Race is on to answer calls in English	24th	BBC (On-line)
Frenchman's arrival led to MKW's language venture	18th	The Journal
Language cards fo soccer fans	14th	BBC (On-line)
More cash in any lingo	14th	The Guardian
Firm copes with French accent on holidays	11th	The Journal
Multilingual service for residents	10th	Property Times
Where have all the linguists gone?	10th	The Independent
Supermarket signs go bilingual	9th	BBC (On-line)
The Language of Business	2nd	BBC (On-line)
September 2002
Auf Wiedersehen, lost orders and potential	27th	The Journal
German Ambassador at the European Language Awards	27th	The Independent
Is language key to ethnic integration?	16th	BBC (On-line)
To Russia with love	9th	The Guardian
August 2002
Auf Wiedersehen, lost orders and potential	29th	The Journal
Straw regrets lack of languages	27th	BBC (On-line)
Is the English Language conquering Europe?	23rd	BBC (On-line)
Languages are good for the economy	23rd	The Independent
Pupils dropping languages	22nd	BBC (On-line)
Language learning set for further decline	22nd	The Guardian
Once again, we are becoming the language dunces of Europe	22nd	The Independent
Teachers predict big decline in pupils taking foreign languages	22nd	The Independent
Claims of continued succes fail to conceal the worrying signs	22nd	The Independent
Budget flights boost GCSE Spanish	22nd	The Times
Mind your languages and reap the rewards	21st	Independent
I'm good, I'm tempting. But I leave a bad taste behind in the mouth	21st	The Guardian
Languages are being taught by the dozen	19th	Leicester Mercury
We don't need your language lesson, ambassador	13th	The Independent
Take languages more seriously, says German envoy	12th	The Independent
Language Matters	12th	The Independent
£20m to save minority languages	9th	The Guardian
July 2002
Primary children to learn Chinese	31st	The Times
Bilingual policies help business	5th	BBC (On-line)
Company is a success story in any language	5th	Yorkshire Evening Post
Thermostats business is hotting up	5th	The Journal
Parlez vous - or lose out on orders abroad	5th	The Journal
Languages at the Double	4th	Leicester Mercury
June 2002
Modern Languages Lose Out in the Promotion of Welsh	26th	The Western Mail
Learning the languages of life	23rd	The Journal
We should say 'non' to the new plan	22nd	Independent
Learning to live in another Land	19th	The Journal
If you want to succeed - mind your language	14th	The Journal
Drop French, say heads and teach Urdu instead	2nd	Sunday Telegraph
May 2002
Schools ditch language teaching	25th	The Independent
Britons relax abroad by learning new skills	25th	The Daily Telegraph
Start language teaching earlier	25th	The Independent
April 2002
Going Native	30th	The Guardian
Why it pays to say "oui" to languages	25th	The Independent
Does anyone here speak Jersey?	11th	The Independent
We're talking success	9th	The Guardian
March 2002
Lifelong language learning to replace compulsory school lessons	7th	The Guardian
Why languages are going the way of the dinosaur	14th	The Independent
Language Teaching Policy "confused"	15th	The Daily Telegraph
February 2002
New curriculum will let pupils drop languages	8th	The Independent
The ambassadors are right: the British approach to languages is hopeless	11th	The Independent
Common tongue leads to linguistic laziness	11th	The Independent
Europe tells UK: improve teaching of our languages	11th	The Independent
EU opposes GCSE languages plan	12th	The Telegraph
A British linguist is not a contradiction in terms	12th	The Independent
Parents to be given the right to insist seven-year-olds are taught languages	12th	The Independent
Government unveils 10-year language strategy	12th	The Guardian
Primaries to teach languages	12th	The Guardian
Britain needs its children to learn foreign languages	13th	The Telegraph
Why we should learn to say 'oui'	14th	The Independent
Schools inquiry says languages proposal sets back standards	15th	The Independent
Why translators are the true ambassadors of art	16th	The Independent
Little Europeans	19th	The Guardian
Guten Tag to German at the age of four	28th	Independent
January 2002
Fuel giant's hunt for city linguists		Manchester Evening News

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