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

December 2006

Money talks for language pupils*

31st

Nottingham Evening Post

Plans to translate website

30th

Herts company looks to the future in Singapore

29th

To learn the lingo, try going native*

26th

Daily Mail

Looking to the future

26th

Derbyshire Evening Telegraph

You can't force teenagers to learn French

23rd

The Week

66% plan to learn a language in 2007, says survey

22nd

Training Reference

Sussex police help break down language barriers

22nd

Rye and Battle Observer

Dearing:push foreign tastes

22nd

Times Higher Education Supplement

End of year report

22nd

Guardian

Pupils learn that languages are key to their future

22nd

Chester Evening Leader

UK workers falling behind globally

21st

Easier Recruitment

Radio station will be spreading the word

21st

Coventry Telegraph

The high road to decadence

20th

Guardian

They're speaking our language - we're lazy!

19th

UK workers risk falling massively behind in international job stakes

18th

SourceWire

They all speak English

16th

Economist

God's worst linguists

16th

Economist

Speaking out for the many foreign-language success stories

16th

Guardian

Does it matter if we only speak English?

15th

Guardian

Tongue tied

15th

Guardian

Call for language teaching reform

15th

Financial Times

Lessons lost without biscuits and bribery

15th

Telegraph

Lord Dearing publishes languages report*

15th

FE News

Language lessons must be made relevant to teenagers, report says

15th

Independent

Shake-up urged to stop pupils dropping languages

15th

Guardian

UCL step ahead of Dearing language blueprint

15th

Times Higher Education Supplement

'Let pupils learn Mandarin and Arabic'

15th

Telegraph

Call for steps to protect Russian

15th

Times Higher Education Supplement

Teach languages at primary school to halt decline, report says

15th

Yorkshire Post

'Severe' decline in language learning must be reversed

14th

24dash.com

Dearing report on foreign language learning music to ears of business

14th

CBI

Report calls for all primary schools to teach foreign language

14th

Daily Mail

Schools told to increase language learning

Dearing Interim Language Review published today*

14th

Government News Network

Dearing report*

14th

ePolitix

Primary pupils must study languages*

14th

Guardian

Primary schools should teach foreign languages

14th

Daily Mail

Teach 'useful Mandarin', schools told

14th

Times

Business leaders urge schools to teach Mandarin

14th

Guardian

It is sheer snobbery to make teenagers study languages

14th

Guardian

More languages on cards for Brits

14th

IOL News

Teach languages, primaries urged

14th

BBC On-line

No entry to university without a foriegn language

14th

This is London

No entry to university without a foreign language

14th

Mail on Sunday

Mixed report for bilingual school

14th

BBC On-line

University students face language requirement

13th

Guardian

Languages made degree requirement*

BBC

We will not progress until basics are right

13th

FE News

Time to end our insular outlook

Return of compulsory French and German lessons set to be rejected*

11th

Independent

Community scheme goes continental

Charlton Athletic

Language barrier blocks British graduates

11th

Guardian

It's time for some straight talking

10th

Guardian

Language lessons for all primary pupils

10th

Guardian

Academics slam 'crazy' policy on languages*

8th

Guardian

Subject to closure

Public Finance

Lastminute.com blazes a trail in corporate language learning with Rosetta Stone software

8th

Response Source

Uni language demand

8th

TES

It's back to basics, say Tories

8th

TES

Interpreters needed to cope with influx

8th

Milton Keynes Today

If we don't mind our languages, we'll all be lost for words*

7th

Yorkshire Today

Tory plea for 'back-to-basics' in education

6th

Yorkshire Post

School kids set to sample Mandarin

6th

Hornsey and Crouch End Journal

Year in Spain pays off for Amy*

6th

Bolton News

Lessons in language

6th

Mid Sussex Times

Psychologist to study how we put stress into words

6th

University of York

Tories to bring back compulsory language classes

5th

Guardian

Career news

5th

Independent

Philip Hensher: If only Estelle Morris had learned French

5th

Independent

Language mastery enriches lives

5th

FE News

Reform school study, Tory argues

BBC

Languages 'should be compulsory'

4th

BBC

Language crisis facing UK schools*

3rd

Guardian

Attractions are urged to prepare for 2012 surge

1st

Dorset Echo

Why the decline of modern languages is causing concern

1st

FE Now

CILT director joins multilingual policy team*

1st

MultiLingual

November 2006

Mike Ullmann: Let's put an Olympian effort into languages

30th

Independent

Veritas Asia

30th

Financial Times

Language learning needs 'urgent action'

28th

FE News

Schools urged to run more trips

US puts premium on Mandarin speakers

24th

Financial Times

Languages special report

23rd

Times

Language skills improve career prospects, says survey

Are your students happy

21st

Times

European language centers gain ground

21st

International Herald Tribune

Language barrier leaves children lost for words

19th

Sunday Times

Buyers abroad mind their language

19th

Sunday Telegraph

Sorry me no speaking English*

Minister Hanafin launches My European Language Portfolio for primary schools at Kildare Education Centre

Opportunities on the orient*

17th

TES

John Howson Q& A*

17th

TES

Focus still on languages*

17th

TES

Sixth form French flourishes*

17th

TES

Give us freedom to teach*

17th

TES

Opportunities on the Orient*

Pupils keen on Mandarin

14th

Stoke Sentinel

Language poll is talk of North*

14th

Oldham Chronicle

Teens opt out because they can*

14th

Guardian

A passport to the world

14th

Guardian

The journey starts here

14th

Guardian

The Comenius community*

14th

Guardian

Language poll is talk of North*

14th

Oldham Chronicle

Remedial lessons for Cambridge's 'dumbed down' French students*

11th

Daily Mail

Bilingual students help tourists

10th

Westmorland Gazette

Caring for the carers

10th

South Bucks, Burnham & Iver Observer

When the world came together in one school

9th

Leyton Guardian

GCSE fears*

9th

Loughborough Mail

No language barrier for me

9th

Argus

Students get a taste for modern languages

9th

Northants Evening Telegraph

Speaking in Tongues*

6th

Easy Jet In-Flight (magazine)

A head start in the Chinese revolution

5th

Sunday Times

Government has much to learn about language teaching

3rd

This is Leicestershire

Loss of languages hits job prospects*

3rd

TES - FE Focus

Slump in foreign language students speaks volumes*

3rd

TES

Fun French Day

3rd

Kent &Sussex Courier

Plaid to launch language report

2nd

Corwen, Bala & Llangollen Free Press

Learners line up for language awards

2nd

Wolverhampton AdNews

European school faces closedown

2nd

Abingdon Herald

Say bonjour to a tasty way of learning the lingo

2nd

Lichfield Mercury

Majority of teenagers dropping languages*

2nd

Birmingham Post

Languages are a must, even for you Brits*

2nd

Evening Standard

Teenagers drop foreign languages*

2nd

Eastern Daily Press

French lessons dropped by pupils*

2nd

Shropshire Star

Languages dropped*

2nd

Aberdeen Press & Journal

Four in five schools neglect languages*

2nd

Daily Mail

Four in five schools neglect languages*

2nd

Evening Standard

FE language learning in decline*

2nd

FE News

Independent schools opt out of language lessons*

2nd

Times

Ministers are blamed as teaching of languages at school goes into free fall*

2nd

Telegraph

Heriot Watt awarded for languages*

1st

Edinburgh Times

Schools abandon teaching languages*

1st

South Devon Gazette

Report reveals extent of school languages crisis*

1st

Guardian

Only one in five state schools makes its pupils learn a language*

1st

Evening Standard

Only one in five state schools makes its pupils learn a language*

1st

Daily Mail

Schools 'ignored' languages edict*

1st

BBC On-line

October 2006

Bilingual pupils do better in exams*

31st

Belfast Telegraph

Bilingual pupils 'are an asset'*

31st

BBC On-line

Bilingual pupils do better in exams*

31st

Independent

Pupils falling short in language skills

28th

Western Mail

Unique school faces closure

27th

Oxford Mail

Building barriers

Arriva on board for free 08 transport

26th

Liverpool Echo

Pupils say 'oui' to language experience*

26th

This is North Devon

Sorry, Alan, it seems I dropped you in it

24th

Guardian

Half fail GCSE maths and English

23rd

Independent

Girls still leave boys 7 years behind as GCSE gap remains

20th

Times

Seeds of Mandarin are sown in Scots schools

20th

Herald

Chinese business boost for Derbyshire firm

19th

GNN

Pupils blaze a trail in Thai and Swahili

18th

Eastern Daily Press

Business chiefs call for action to tackle Scots skills shortage

18th

The Scotsman

North East celebrates its international language skills*

18th

Journal

Learning a language

18th

Peterborough Today

Scots say 'ola' to learning a new language

17th

Glasgow Evening Times

Second language in primaries

17th

The Guardian

Scots talk in tongues

17th

The Daily Record

Government to review Language Policy

17th

FE News

Languages blitz in Brum

16th

icBirmingham

Workers eat up offer to return to the classroom

Lack of languages leaves us adrift in Europe

14th

The Times

Language of success taught*

13th

Sheffield Today

Pupils held a French Day as part of European Languages Week

13th

Northallerton Today

Sharp decline in number of children studying languages prompts inquiry

13th

Independent

Rethink on school language lessons

13th

Telegraph

Dearing to review language teaching in schools

13th

FT

Review ordered as pupils shun languages

13th

Guardian

Translate into policy

13th

The Times

Bid to halt 'crisis' in language studies

13th

Yorkshire Post

Languages to be made de rigueur in schools again

13th

The Times

Review of school language lessons*

12th

BBC On-line

Why languages are a passport to export

12th

This is Cornwall

Language lessons under review

12th

politics.co.uk

Don't limit languages reform

European day

12th

Western Gazette

Government in embarrassing U-turn over foreign language study

12th

Daily Mail

A multi-linguist at the age of eight

11th

Hull Daily Mail

Pupils get to learn the lingo*

11th

Welwyn & Hatfield Times

School becomes Babel for a day*

11th

Welwyn & Hatfield Times

Pupils celebrate continental cultures in language day*

11th

Blyth & Wansbeck

First subjects get green light for online GCSE assessment

10th

Guardian

UK and EU to manage language policy*

9th

FE News

Linguists join Spanish export competition*

9th

Herald Express

Manx language on teatime television

9th

Isle of Man Today

Effective communications - the key to business success*

9th

ic Sefton and WestLancs

Language skills earn Liverpool a lucrative slow boat to China*

9th

ic Sefton and WestLancs

UK and EU to Manage Language Policy*

9th

FE News

Learning Swahili to win, but I don't think I'll use it much

7th

Halifax Today

Euro award for theatre company*

6th

Hexham Courant

Watchdog makes sweeping cuts to GCSE coursework

6th

TES

We need more linguists - GCHQ

5th

Gloucestershire Echo

Experiencing more than just languages*

5th

This is Wiltshire

Studying in Europe: Channel hop for a Masters

5th

Independent

Children flying the flags of European nations*

4th

This is Cornwall

Eager pupils travel all over Europe

4th

This is Cornwall

Language is key to careers

4th

Derby Evening Telegraph

Academics may suffer if we don't learn the lingo

3rd

Guardian

State school help needs 'market rate'

3rd

FT

Celebrating linguistic and cultural diversity

3rd

Warwick Today

Spreading the word

2nd

RSA Journal

Business 'lost in translation'

2nd

Belfast Telegraph

Celebration of languages

2nd

Horsham Today

Cosmopolitan communication*

2nd

This is Dorset

September 2006

Recognition for overseas links

30th

Evening Herald

A cultural kaleidoscope

30th

Evening Herald

Language heaven

30th

icWales

Speaking languages will open up your future*

29th

School leaver

One in eight pupils speaks English as second language

29th

Telegraph

Backbenchers spring into action

29th

BBC News

Speak Welsh to save it

28th

Western Mail

City shuns UK students for 'more mature' foreigners

28th

Evening Standard

City chamber calls for more languages students*

27th

Birmingham Post

Pupils get a taste of Europe during languages day*

27th

Evening Telegraph

£4.5m language drive to stop UK students missing top jobs*

27th

Daily Mail

Oui love lingo lessons*

27th

This is Wiltshire

European feel to primary learners*

27th

Hastings Today

Sixth-formers are urged to study languages*

27th

ic Wales

Sir Trevor minds his language at Holyrood*

27th

Scotsman

Campaign to promote languages

27th

Bristol Evening Post

Do Britons lack je ne sais quoi?*

26th

BBC On-line

Tongue-tied Britons shun foreign languages*

26th

Management issues

Parliament hosts language awards*

26th

ic Dunbartonshire

Holyrood to host innovative language awards*

26th

Scottish Parliament

Bienvenue to International Languages Day*

26th

Lancashire Evening Post

European Day of Languages*

26th

Foreign Office

Languages celebrated*

26th

This is Scunthorpe

Is it time we all made an effort to learn foreign languages?*

26th

Evening Telegraph

McDonald presents language awards*

26th

ic Dumfries

This music's wunderbar!*

26th

Evening Times

Uni opens up door to new languages*

26th

Evening Times

Sir Trevor in Holyrood visit*

26th

Scotsman

Police launch multilingual poster to help foreign nationals

26th

Buchan Observer

Universities launch £4.5m language campaign*

25th

TES

European Day of Languages*

25th

Midwifery Digest

UK businesses refuse to offer language learning despite EU enlargement*

25th

On-line recruitment

Lack of interpreters for foreign nationals

24th

Sunday Business Post

University speaks out to win*

23rd

Scotsman

Going native*

22nd

TES

Colleges get continental for European Day of Languages*

22nd

FE News

Wales to host two key seminars on autism*

21st

IC Wales

Sir Trevor heads for Holyrood*

21st

Scotsman

Language teaching award*

21st

Cambridge Network

Language Event to Award Excellence*

20th

FE News

High Level Group on Multilingualism launched by Commissioner Figel*

20th

A2 Media

Award speaks volumes*

19th

Scotsman

Ministers 'rethink' decision on compulsory languages*

14th

Independent

Johnson to reconsider GCSE languages policy*

14th

Guardian

Rethink on school language study*

14th

BBC On-line

Education Secretary makes U-turn on GCSE language lessons

13th

Mail on Sunday

Education Secretary makes U-turn on GCSE language lessons

13th

Evening Standard

It's all Greek to me

13th

Oxford Mail

Libraries in Highlands accused of not investing in Gaelic books

12th

The Press and Journal

Hey Mum, let's learn a new language

10th

New language qualifications help put 10,000 students on 'ladder of learning'

Bilingual school is a lesson in the entente cordiale

Bridging the gap between cultures*

Complacent about the need for language skills*

Independent school makes Mandarin compulsory

Bolitho school bucks the trend of language GCSEs

Language teaching suffers from muddled thinking

How I got lost in French

The Times

Language passions

Drop in students learning foreign languages*

In any language it's a fine achievement

Languages are vital for country

Support for Scots tongue

Foreign language 'not important' in business

Pupils set to be taught in 2 languages for first time

Czech, please!*

Month-long focus on education

Never mind the language, tell the truth

Parlez-vous Français?*

Multicultural education*

Languages not key, say managers

August 2006

Looking at languages

Y Cwricwlwm Cymreig 'is inspiring students'

Parochialism impoverishes Britain’s future

We need to reform A-levels now

Why British business can't afford to ignore Europe*

SW companies urged to try the Single Market*

Too soon to judge new languages policy

Communicating the role of languages

A very early start for foreign language learning?

Schools stress the need for languages

How 200 pupils are set to learn Mandarin

Your baby's babble is straight from the textbook of our universal grammar

'Unqualified interpreters' cause chaos in courts

New state-of-the art digital language laboratory is set to give adult learners a helping hand

Pupils 'need to mind their languages'*

Tongue-tied

Languages talk in the City

Living with a new language

The big question: Why are fewer students choosing to study foreign languages at GCSE?*

GCSE Results: Government blamed for 'catastrophic' decline in numbers studying languages

Education Analysis: Why it will take a decade before we see an improvement in Britain's grasp of languages

Why Britain should rise to the challenge of language

Teachers call for a foreign language renaissance

Arrogant of us not to learn languages*

Tongue-tied

Take-up of foreign languages defended*

'Free fall' fears as pupils abandon languages

Speaking in tongues

A tale of many tongues

Mind your languages

Learning a foreign language helps you to understand other societies and cultures, and what makes people tick

GCSE results: Language lessons at point of no return, warn teachers*

GCSE results: Alarm as pupils ditch languages

Fall of languages at GCSE now at 'point of no return'

24th

Times

Foreign language GCSE studies ‘in free fall’

Call for GCSE review

24th

Reuters

Panic over languages 'freefall'

24th

Guardian

Ministers urged to step up skills drive despite record GCSE results

Record GCSE results but languages suffer

24th

Daily Mail

Languages 'at point of no return'

Languages worry as GCSE passes up

24th

BBC

Pupils who ditch languages 'miss out in international jobs market'*