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December 2004

Britain is Europe's foreign languages dunce, study shows*

Study warns of pending teacher shortage

15th

Guardian

Rat race avec différence

13th

ACCA On-line

Time to stop shouting at Johnny Foreigner

English to be spoken by half of the world's population within 10 years

Language barriers mean new dangers at work

9th

UNI On-line

British kids give up on German and French

9th

Expatica

English 'world language' forecast

9th

BBC On-line

Schools drop languages to move up tables

6th

Evening Standard

Teaching in Turkish pays off

5th

Observer

Poorer pupils 'miss out on languages'

5th

Independent on Sunday

German A-level 'too hard'

Clarke acts to save threatened courses

2nd

Guardian

Science and languages 'vital to the nation'

2nd

Times

Microsoft unveils Welsh software

1st

BBC On-line

November 2004

Helping kids find the gain in Spain

30th

Evening Post

Drop the dead department

30th

Times

Speaking up for languages

27th

Western Mail

Minister to offer cash for languages

26th

TES

Too lazy to learn languages

26th

Times

Rescue for top-rated staff only

25th

THES

Exeter announces subject cuts

23rd

Guardian

University says market forces course cuts

23rd

Guardian

Back to their roots*

23rd

Guardian

University shake-up cuts 130 jobs

22nd

BBC On-line

France falls behind in English

19th

Guardian

It's stupid to kiss French goodbye*

19th

TES

A different kind of sound barrier*

19th

Staines Guardian

Blogger sets off for Babel

Computer Weekly

Twin for every school

16th

Journal

Twinning without tears

Germany, France to reinforce teaching of each other's languages

13th

The future is mandarin*

12th

TES

Girls crowned top for language skills

11th

Bushmills kids learning Spanish

11th

Coleraine Times

Look who's talking now*

11th

Independent

Important lessons from languages

9th

Times

Britain isolates itself linguistically*

8th

Deutsche Welle

Applause for teacher of the year

8th

VTC

Children 'missing out on foreign languages'*

5th

The Scotsman

Alarm as GCSE pupils shun foreign languages*

5th

London Evening Standard

Compulsory language lessons fall*

5th

BBC On-line

Cri de coeur from languages staff*

5th

TES

Pupils jump at chance to drop French and German*

5th

Times

Ministers must act to halt the decline of language teaching

5th

Times

Languages are not compulsory in two-thirds of state schools*

5th

Independent

Soccer ace's language goal

5th

TES

Bosses say `oui' to classes

4th

Evening Chronicle

Speaking up for those in need of help

Does multilingual equal Welsh bliss?

2nd

Western Mail

Research finds WWW fracturing into language communities

2nd

UNESCO

Head start

2nd

Guardian

A second language can mean money in the bank

Schools have no time for languages

1st

Times

Speak a second language for money, happiness...
and sex

1st

Independent

Wealth of languages

1st

Daily Record

Languages 'boost work and love'

Second language can be a real earner

1st

Birmingham Post

Life is better for linguists, survey finds

1st

Guardian

October 2004

Speaking your language

28th

Independent

Language teacher is top of the class

25th

The Evening Chronicle

Will the monoglot ever understand?

22nd

Guardian Weekly

It’s a long road to China

21st

Times

From first to last

19th

Guardian

Left out in the cold

19th

Guardian

Foreign languages return to the classroom

18th

Independent

Language barrier creates ill feeling

15th

Manchester Evening News

Adios and bonjour to speaking in tongues

15th

TES

Passport to success*

15th

TES

Peers and partners

15th

TES

Deutsch? No problem *

15th

TES

Cool on camera

15th

TES

Framework in action

15th

TES

Language report reveals shortfalls

15th

TES

What works for you?*

15th

TES

Life on the fast track*

15th

TES

Vous avez un message (or, you've got mail)

15th

Independent

Learning languages 'boosts brain'*

13th

BBC On-line

Sir Trevor hands kids sign award

8th

South London Press

Town life in French

8th

TES

Language myths are explored at event

6th

Belfast Telegraph

Class is deep root of failure

5th

Guardian

Language barrier

5th

Guardian

Language loss

1st

TES Scotland

Languages loss*

Bac students take up Romanian

1st

TES Cymru

From foreign sounds to familiar ground

1st

TES

Multilingual ice cream

1st

TES

Language learners silenced by fear

1st

TES

Sink or swim?

1st

TES

September 2004

Languages lapse

28th

Guardian

French revolution in the classroom

28th

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Scottish moves to save Gaelic

28th

Guardian

Look who's talking*

28th

Guardian

Speak easy

28th

Independent

Will Gaelic be able to survive a global language revolution?

28th

Independent

Mac Shane celebrates European Day of Languages*

27th

FCO On-line

What price a bilingual society?

27th

Western Mail

200 gather for Hindi GCSE talks

27th

Nottingham Evening Post

Pupils say no to language learning*

25th

Telegraph

Primary couleurs

24th

TES

Victory for teaching in mother tongue

24th

Language barrier 'blocking path to success'*

23rd

Financial Times

30-second lessons

21st

Birmingham Post

Second, language

21st

Guardian

Police to fast-track recruits with ethnic minority languages

20th

Independent

Footballers go back to school

18th

Manchester News

Signing at school wins top European award

17th

Lewisham on-line

Italian in Italy

17th

TES

Languages celebration

17th

TES

Keep it real

10th

TES

The ultimate cool tool for modern languages must be Apple's iPod

10th

TES

Found in translation

10th

TES

Down to business*

10th

TES

Teaching French

3rd

Independent

Applications to teach languages in secondary schools have plummeted this year

3rd

TES

A built-in boredom factor in languages

3rd

TES

Language of opportunity*

3rd

TES

Language barrier costs £750m

1st

Bolton Evening News

August 2004

Students flock to study Middle East culture

31st

Independent

Languages broaden the mind

28th

Guardian

Welsh is tops for staying power

27th

Class act for seven French stars

Lights, camera, languages

27th

Language crisis looms*

27th

Languages don't have to be dull

27th

Making the grade in a deprived area

27th

Guardian

Tongue Tied

26th

Independent

Big rise in top grades but fears over weaker candidates

26th

Independent

Fall in numbers taking language exams worries headteachers*

26th

Guardian

Learning only English can strike you dumb

26th

Times

Huge rise in students taking GCSEs in PE

26th

Guardian

Action urged as underperforming boys eclipsed by girls in GCSEs

26th

Guardian

Girls maintain a nine percent lead in the GCSE gender gap

27th

Telegraph

Fewer pupils taking language GCSEs

26th

Financial Times

Top grades rising again for GCSEs

26th

BBC On-line

GCSEs: What the statistics show

26th

BBC On-line

Owen under no illusions at the start of his Spanish adventure

24th

Telegraph

More children are taking GCSEs early

23rd

Independent

Spoken like a true native

21st

Guardian

Lad culture loses its grip as the boys do better

20th

TES

Language crisis mars A-level triumph*

20th

TES

Decline and fall of languages*

20th

TES

Language may shape human thought

19th

New Scientist

Boom in religious studies in the wake of September 11

19th

Independent

Career warning over rise in 'soft' subjects*

19th

Guardian

Media studies up, science down*

19th

Guardian

Language award is talk of the town*

18th

Press & Journal (Aberdeen)

Hanoi revisited

18th

Guardian

Désolée. Je ne comprends pas

18th

Mandelson offered free French lessons

14th

Telegraph

Foreign studies fall in Wales

13th

TES

Gregory's flair for languages helped by 'twilight' classes

12th

Western Mail

Language shy Welsh are losing jobs*

11th

Western Mail

Monolingual Brits miss out on European study

Language barrier turning students off Europe

6th

Guardian

Fewer UK students study in Europe

6th

BBC On-line

Language training for Welsh early years staff

Hunting Germany's linguistic gems

1st

BBC On-line

July 2004

Why Britons are 'language barbarians'

29th

Why British office workers can't mind their language

28th

Not so clueless about German

23rd

TES

Be the spy who loved languages

23rd

TES

A language for lunch

19th

East End Life

European award for languages*

14th

Haringey Council

Now it's language hour for juniors*

9th

TES

Squeeze in extra hour for languages

9th

TES

Isabella Moore*

9th

TES

Minding our languages*

9th

TES

Light in the black country

2nd

TES

June 2004

Call for boost in language learning for capital schools

30th

Scotsman

Welsh language scheme 'not working'

30th

Western Mail

Raisons to be cheerful*

25th

TES

More "oh la la", less 'plume de ma tante'

Language barrier*

22nd

Guardian

21st

21st

20th

18th

Pupils learn to speak the rich language of football

16th

How to translate hope into reality*

14th

Guardian

Talking a second language keeps old age at bay

13th

Times

They're talking our language

13th

Observer

University to wield axe on foreign languages*

13th

Sentinel Sunday

Language rule spells crisis*

12th

Daily Telegraph

Language crisis loom*

11th

TES Cymru

Languages are dying of ennui*

11th

TES

Language teaching needs a lift

11th

Students' languages help cut benefit fraud

5th

Derby Evening Telegraph

Nursery tots say Vive la France

5th

Derby Evening Telegraph

Meeting of minds*

4th

May 2004

Events ideas*

28th

TES

Join in the celebrations*

28th

TES

Gender divide is deep

Bonjour, England

20th

Independent

Pupils speak lingo

Schools link to raise language standards

15th

Derby Evening Telegraph

Can languages help my son get a job?

12th

Times

Talking shop in 22 languages

11th

Working towards fluency*

7th

The full Monty*

7th

TES

What learners think and feel*

7th

TES

Pop the question*

7th

TES

Immerse yourself*

7th

TES

Worldwide chatter*

7th

TES

450 million people, 20 official languages: welcome to the enlarged European Union

The new Europe

1st

This historic moment heralds a revitalised and dynamic Europe

Big day for Union may also be its high-water mark

1st

Times

Dawn breaks over the new Europe

1st

Times

Special report: European union

Old and new Europe unites with a bang

1st

April 2004

Bobby language!

26th

Leicester Mercury

Guardian

Guardian

University aims to speed flow of language teachers

14th

Daily Post

Language Skills boost*

10th

Journal

Mind your lingo

10th

Journal

The future is ... Mandarin

6th

Guardian

Scores galore

Mersey feat

Make the link*

2nd

TES

Quebec calling

2nd

We're teaching youngsters languages

1st

Brighton Argus

March 2004

Oui should do more to promote languages

31st

Sentinel

Funding for business language teaching

31st

Eastern Daily Press

Builders' slang 'not constructive' when foreign workers on site

28th

Scotsman

College helps with language training

26th

Sentinel

Spanish without the tears

25th

Word is out on language fight

24th

Evening News

Finding the right words to be successful*

23rd

Journal

French connection*

23rd

Guardian

Learning lessons on life in Russia

18th

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Accent on success

17th

Hull Daily Mail

Top award for teacher

17th

Sentinel

Terror, language teaching and others

16th

Independent

Keeping it real

12th

Interpreters understand police need for local help

12th

Sentinel

Government launches language scheme for all ages

12th

Guardian

Force teens into languages

12th

TES

26 foreign languages for primary children

11th

Foreign language classes for 7-year-olds

11th

Independent

Mind your language!

10th

Workers urged to learn a lingo

10th

Sentinel

University shuts down languages department

9th

Scotsman

Now you're talking

9th

Guardian

Effective work by schools boosts Bangladeshi pupil attainment

7th

Ofsted On-line

Scots break down the language barrier

Your friendly translator

3rd

Evening Standard

Express yourself

5th

TES

Oui, our children do French

5th

Grimsby Evening Telegraph

Robo-talk helps pocket translator

4th

BBC On-line

Mind the language

3rd

Two languages are better than one*

3rd

Guardian

Children get taste of France

2nd

Sentinel

It's good business to talk the talk*

1st

Journal

Foreign language teaching

1st

Scottish Executive
On-line

February 2004

How to sow the seeds of a foreign language

27th

TES

The Future of Language

27th

Science

Gaelic impetus falls off after primary years

27th

TES

English set to decline as a world language

27th

Independent

Will no one teach me?

26th

Independent

£10,000 study is talking companies' language

24th

Leicester Mercury

Spanish Group is saying HOLA to new members

24th

Evening Post

A&E staff given 36-language phrasebook

19th

Guardian

Should UK teenagers speak more languages?

18th

Young People Now

Pupils fluent in the language of learning

17th

EcoHouse Tour Offer

17th

Leicester Mercury

Mind your language…

11th

Evening Gazette

Speaking in tongues

9th

Guardian

January 2004

’Ello, we’re British

Wide appeal of ICT for languages

Language skills put to test in the Savannah

21st

Evening Post

Observer

Alive ... with the sound of German

10th

TES On-line

Teachandlearn.net launches at BETT

5th

BBC On-line