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Press coverage archive

2005

*Contains mention of CILT, the National Centre for Languages, Regional Language Networks, Comenius Centres or CILT projects and initiatives.

December 2005
Rewards of learning foreign languages	31st	Independent
Speaking out in support of learning languages*	27th	Yorkshire Post
Danger of language decline	26th	Western Daily Press
Decline in languages may harm job	25th	This is Derbyshire
We need to learn languages	23rd	Independent
Parlez vous?	23rd	Telegraph
Decline in language study 'will hit pupils' job hopes'	22nd	Telegraph
From maths to music, how schools fail pupils	22nd	Independent
Report cricital of language study	22nd	Education Guardian
Don't mention the war so often, exams watchdog tells teachers	22nd	Guardian
Leading the way with languages	21st	North Devon Gazette
School granted second specialist status	20th	This is Lincolnshire
What's lost in translation	19th	Spiked.Online
In Jordan, the young and hip speak 'Arabizi'	18th	Reuters.co.uk
Lessons learnt from languages	17th	BBC.co.uk
Language teaching returns to schools*	16th	Independent
Languages policy reversed	16th	The Times
Bringing out the French in toddlers	16th	This is South Devon
More pupils 'must be taught foreign languages'*	15th	Education Guardian
Pupils need to learn a language*	15th	Independent
Schools to get language targets*	15th	BBC.co.uk
Why our kids are number one at counting	14th	Abergele & St Asaph Visitor
Primary school's £75,000 award	14th	Ripon Today
German ambassador criticises UK over failings at languages*	13th	Independent
'Language skills are good for firms and for individuals'	13th	Independent
Schadenfreude for beginners	13th	Independent
Queen turns reporter at Reuters building opening	13th	Irish Examiner
Engineering Week in Wales*	13th	FE News
Pupils fly high at kite day	13th	Gloucestershire Echo
German ambassador raps Britons over language teaching*	12th	Lycos news
Languages make depressing reading	12th	Leader
MP's condemn teacher training fees	12th	Education Guardian
Only one foreign language has seen an increase in students in city schools. Is it French, Spanish, German? No, it's... Arabic	11th	Birmingham Post
CILT cite competitive advantage of languages*	9th	FE News
Firms 'lag behind over languages'*	9th	Startups.co.uk
An international flair for singers' concert	9th	Ripon today
Vocational languages need boost from employers*	8th	Works for me
Learning Italian is simply child's play	8th	Cambridge Evening News
Youngsters learn how others celebrate	8th	Halifax Evening Courier
Language School	8th	This is Hull
Et maintenant, un peu de podcasting	7th	NGfL
Employers must demand language skills*	6th	FE News
Irish trail EU on languages	6th	Belfast Telegraph
Seventh language for meat safety certificate	5th	Meat and Poultry News
School high-fliers' language award	2nd	Bristol Evening Post
We're culture clubbed	2nd	Wakefield Today
Languages to be offered	2nd	iC Sefton and West Lancs
Learn 22 languages with Singapore Airlines	1st	eTravel Blackboard
That's success in any language*	1st	Leeds Today
November 2005
Fair highlights a languages trend	30th	Recruiter
French is child's play for these 9-year-olds	29th	Worcester Evening News
Should we bother to learn another language?	26th	Work Guardian
Words are their world	25th	TES, Go Global Supplement
All roads lead to Hove	25th	TES, Go Global Supplement
Where east meets East	25th	TES, Go Global Supplement
Continental songs hit right notes	24th	This is Local London
ICANN creates advisory committee for foreign-language net	24th	Register
Universities seek more cash aid to help students study abroad	24th	Scotsman
Language centre takes over office	24th	Didcot Herald
Graduate unemployment falls for second consecutive year	23rd	Online Recruitment
Multilingualism in the EU	22nd	European Commission
Secondary pupils to get help on three Rs	22nd	Scotsman
New website for East of England companies who communicate internationally	21st	GNN
Classroom hit squads to target the three Rs	21st	Herald
Incentives are failing to attract teachers	19th	Telegraph
Student snub for languages	18th	Manchester Evening News
Number of trainee teachers continues at record level	17th	GNN
Fears as pupils dump foreign languages	17th	Metro News
A celebration of success	17th	Dewsbury Today
Young perspective on net	17th	BBC News
'Comment allez vous?' fluffy thing	16th	East Cleveland Herald & Post
Writing on wall for Beijing signs	16th	Financial Times
Now we're talking	16th	Education Derbyshire
Language moves east	15th	Personnel Today
If you think I do telesales, you've made a bad call	15th	Scotsman
Ceremony held to open new school building	15th	Watford Observer
French twist for Pont teenager	14th	Morpeth Today
Why there's a growing demand for linguists*	10th	Independent
Why your language won't do	10th	The Times
Satellite link is in a class of its own	10th	Manchester Evening News
Lifelong learning and key competences for all	10th	European Commission
Northern Ireland: Teaching of Spanish	10th	Hansard
Learn while you're young	8th	Northants News
Learning Language for Life in Globalised Society, says CILT*	8th	FE News
One gleam of hope on languages	8th	Herald
Will our schools confine history to the past?	8th	Herald
Private school bids to become state city academy	8th	Financial Times
Toddlers take on French lessons	7th	BBC News
French-speaking toddlers: it's a Sure Start first!*	7th	Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
Language lessons	7th	Daily Telegraph
On languages, why is Scotland standing alone?	7th	Herald
Auf wiedersehen, Deutsch?*	6th	The Times
Talking to the world*	4th	ic Teeside
Slump in language teaching*	4th	Guardian
Thousands of pupils dropping languages for 'easier' subjects*	4th	Telegraph
School language decline continues*	4th	BBC News
Young linguists snubbed*	4th	TES
'Strategic' subjects to be given safeguards	4th	Public Finance
School leavers' grasp of three R's in crisis, warns business chief	3rd	Scotsman
We can't even get three Rs right, says business chief	3rd	Mail on Sunday
Creativity through technology*	3rd	SecEd
An apple for the hi-tech teacher	2nd	Scotsman
How can you improve on perfection?	1st	Guardian
October 2005
Language decline troubles heads*	28th	TES
Primary school teachers 'lack foreign language skills'*	28th	TES
Primary School Languages	27th	E-politix
Language teaching gets £49.5m funding boost*	27th	Guardian
Languages Framework announced	27th	NAHT
Teachers' language skills warning	27th	IC Coventry
Overcoming the language barrier	Oct issue	Leader
Not at all double Dutch	Oct issue	Leader
Primary motive	Oct issue	Leader
Another blueprint, or building on existing policies?	Oct issue	Leader
Language teachers 'need training'*	27th	BBC News
Teachers 'ill prepared' for language tuition*	27th	E-politix
Global stage demands multilingual managers	27th	The Times
Dream team	25th	Guardian
On the loss of my mother tongue	22nd	Guardian
Forget term break, let's go for lessons abroad	22nd	Lincolnshire Echo
Why we are as good or bad as our language	21st	Guardian
Entente cordiale for geographers and linguists	21st	University of Sussex Bulletin
Suite breaks barriers	21st	Amersham Free Press
Learning courses face fund freeze	19th	Financial Times
Languages 'preserve of middle-class girls'	20th	Telegraph
Boys fall behind in more subjects	20th	Independent
Bilingualism need not be a dream	20th	IC North Wales
Boys unwilling to learn languages	19th	BBC News
Boys turned off by languages, says report	19th	Guardian
Cambridge assessment: Visit from Lord Kinnock	19th	Politics.co.uk
Children leap ahead with a crazy frog*	18th	Guardian
Savoir faire in any language	18th	Guardian
Languages thrive on a lighter touch	18th	Guardian
CILT supports Family Learning Week*	17th	FE News
Cream of the teaching profession rewarded in 'Oscars'	17th	Education Guardian
Languages teacher wins Guardian award	17th	Education Guardian
Online help for classroom language learning	17th	NGfL
Suffering our children's bad language	17th	Guardian
A gross discourtesy	17th	The Scotsman
Bon appetit - pupils get taste for languages	14th	Gloucestershire Echo
Law firm's helping hand for St Paulinus	14th	Dewsbury Reporter
Languages celebrated	14th	IC SeftonandWestLancs
Would it be useful for my children to learn Chinese?*	13th	Independent
Compulsory computer lessons could be another big blow to language lessons*	13th	IC Wales
English 'must reflect technology'	13th	BBC News
MI6 launches recruitment website	13th	Guardian
Watchdog calls for shake-up in English	12th	Guardian
Ask those questions	12th	IC Newcastle
Blair asks the Foreign Office to translate Gaelic letters	12th	The Scotsman
Demand from employers looking for candidates with specialist language skills has increased two years	11th	Onrec
Economic balancing act	11th	Personnel Today
Language of failure	9th	Sunday Mirror
Pupils raise standards in language teaching	8th	Plymouth Evening Herald
Europe day's a success in any language	7th	Market Drayton Advertiser
News reader presents language award*	6th	Daventry Express
Dutch children get a taste of home	6th	Sevenoaks Chronicle
Minister rejects plea to restore assisted places	6th	Telegraph
How to translate language into profit*	5th	IC North Wales
Comment les enfants sautent la barrière linguistique	5th	This Is Lincolnshire
Language project takes European Award*	5th	Cayman Net News
Punjabi course wins accolade*	6th	Wolverhampton AdNews
School blogs way to an award*	3rd	Edinburgh Evening News
Sir Trevor McDonald and European Award for Languages*	3rd	FE News
CILT highlights benefits of multilingualism*	3rd	FE News
September 2005
Speaking the language of success at school	30th	Fily & Humanby Mercury
CILT publication promotes language skills; BMW to sponsor business language prize	Sept	Multilingual Computing & Technology
Launching new initiatives*	Sept / Oct issue	Exporting World Magazine
We should learn Urdu not French*	30th	Independent
20 of your unusual words	30th	BBC News
German pupils say 'Guten tag'	30th	This is Plymouth
Fun with a continental drift*	29th	Woodley Chronicle
Universities to protect subjects	29th	BBC News
Brief encounters*	29th	People Management
... SNP wants Scots baccaulaureate	29th	Sec-Ed
Never too young to learn a language	28th	Telegraph
Sharing a love of languages*	28th	Chorley Guardian
Festival of language learning	28th	NGfL
Pupils relax into verb tests	28th	Glasgow Evening Times
Worlds lost in translation*	27th	The Times
Bangor music and language students love their work	27th	NewsWales
Relaxez-vous and learn your French verbs	27th	East Ayrshire Council
Academic questions - European Day of Languages*	27th	Guardian
Adults speak out in support of language*	27th	Northhamptonshire Evening Telegraph
Tingo, nakkele and other wonders	26th	BBC News
Languages still valued despite decline in schools, poll finds*	26th	Guardian
Poll supports teaching of languages*	26th	icScotland
So what's the French for 'lazy'?*	26th	The Herald
Five ways to talk in tongues	26th	The Scotsman
Language map of Britain 'is changing'	26th	NGfL
Wales urged to speak more languages	26th	NewsWales
Poor teaching, overcrowded eveing classes, and time constraints turn Brits off language learning*	26th	Response Source
UK among worst in language skills*	26th	startups.co.uk
UK 'loves languages after all'*	25th	BBC News
So we're not the worst at languages	24th	The Times
Policy to write off student loans in favour of grants	23rd	The Herald
From Urdu to Arabic - the languages spoken by pupils	23rd	Aberdeen Press & Journal
Study shows diversity of languages*	23rd	Sutton Observer
Never too young to learn a language	23rd	Telegraph
European Day of Languages: half of the EU's population can speak a language other than their mother tongue*	23rd	Europa
Ethnic melting pot boosts language lessons*	23rd	Independent
A chance to learn a new language	23rd	direct.gov
Call to boost pupils' skills in languages	23rd	The Scotsman
Migrant pupils' linguistic skills 'wasted' in class*	23rd	Telegraph
Children in England speak at least 300 different languages*	23rd	TES
Design competition sets young people a multi-cultural task	23rd	Durham City Council
Help promote languages*	22nd	Harborough Mail
Teaching 41 nationalities takes classes 'to breaking point'	22nd	Telegraph
Lingo a no go in schools	22nd	Sun
School policy 'undervalues' community languages*	22nd	Guardian
Give us the full english	22nd	The Sun
Diversity of languages is hailed*	22nd	BBC News
Study highlights language diversity*	22nd	icWales
Decision time on party peerages	21st	The Herald
A crucial foreign word or two in your ear*	21st	Western Mail
Language enthusiasts invited to board the net navigator bus	21st	Barnsley Council
NIACE Welcome Hope full Materials	19th	FENews
European Day of Languages*	19th	Telford.gov
Creative Ways	17th	Derby Evening Telegraph
They speak in tongues	16th	TES Scotland Plus
100 percent pass rate for language students	16th	Leicester Mercury
Language study aid	15th	Newcastle Journal
English stays top choice, but EU fails to meet language goals*	15th	European Voice
The Careers Adviser*	15th	The Independent
Languages and the 21st Century	15th	FENews
Liberal Democrats Call for Language Reform	15th	FENews
Rising debt and language fears bring big fall in overseas study	15th	The Herald
Talented Harriet joins the top ten in GCSE subjects	15th	SurreyOnline
"Council Speak" Meets Italiano . . . . It's Spaghetti Junction at County Hall!*	14th	Durham County Council
OU considers shortage subjects lifeline	13th	Guardian
Does it really matter if we don't speak a foreign language?	13th	Guardian
Information packs for househunters	12th	Western Mail
Languages boost for primary pupils*	8th	Sec-Ed
Career Focus - Foreign bodies*	8th	Sec-Ed
Publisher pledges US$1.26million for Endangered Languages	8th	PR Web
The director of the National Centre for Languages talks to Amy Duff*	8th	Director
The great science explosion*	8th	Independent
School to go continental	8th	This is Nottingham
Age no barrier to A* pupils	7th	Croydon Guardian
Fears for Welsh economy as pupils shun languages	7th	ePolitix
Adonis admits potential for Baccalaureates	5th	FE News
When in Rome, don't do as the English do	4th	IC Teeside
In any language, nice work if you can get it	3rd	Guardian
GCSE's do not stretch our pupils, independent schools warn after record number of 'A' grades	3rd	Independent
Top independent school to ditch GCSE science	3rd	Guardian
Business hurt by lack of linguists*	2nd	TES
Lack of foreign languages is a national disgrace	2nd	Leicester Mercury
Language skills are worth investing in*	1st	The Times
Language classes	1st	The Times
Hola! Trinidad drops English and learns to speak Spanish	1st	Independent
August 2005
Icelanders speak up for languages	31st	BBC News
Time to move language on to a Higher plane	31st	Scotsman
Campaign to offer Scots pupils exam in language	31st	Scotsman
Challenge of teaching a foreign language	31st	Financial Times
Cultural fulfilment won't pay mortgage	31st	Financial Times
Language importance: A reminder*	31st	FEnews.co.uk
Languages inquiry call	30th	Exeter Express and Echo
Linguists vital for a trading nation	30th	Eastern Daily Press
Businesses told to brush up on foreign languages*	30th	Plymouth Evening Herald
Best ever top grades for GCSE students*	27th	Filey & Hunmanby Mercury
Words fail us	26th	The Times
GCSE grades soar as heads admit to playing the system	26th	The Times
Should children have to learn foreign languages?	26th	The Times Online
Something lost in translation*	26th	TES
Language crisis casts shadow over GCSE's	26th	TES
New marking scandal	26th	TES
Lost for words	26th	Yorkshire Evening Post
Three cheers as schools beat GCSE success record*	26th	Norwich Evening News
New GCSE controversy: Bad language	26th	Mirror
Burdens of success	26th	Guardian
100pc success at school where reform is matched by tradition	26th	Telegraph
Are 'easy options' letting Britain's students down?	26th	Independent
Record grades marred by 'catastrophic' slump in numbers studying languages*	26th	Independent
The nation no longer speaks the languages of success	26th	Financial Times
In a competitive world, business cannot afford to get lost in translation	26th	Financial Times
Modern Foreign languages failing to speak to pupils*	26th	Financial Times
Modern language mutiny in British Isles	26th	Financial Times
Global skills that Britain can't match	26th	Leeds Today
Modern language students plummet	26th	IC Birmingham
Learning of modern languages in decline	26th	Financial Times
GCSE results spark concern over languages	25th	Guardian
Record GCSE results reflect falling language uptake	25th	Financial Times
'Language catastrophe' blamed for surge in top GCSE grades	25th	The Times
Alert over slump in languages	25th	Evening Standard
Swansea University set to become centre of excellence in Welsh-language learning	25th	IC Wales
Dons resign over library cuts	24th </

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