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August 2008
A-levels in new 'dumbing down' row	22nd	Telegraph
Downward trend of language uptake continues¹	22nd	Teachers Magazine
Rock band encourage language study ¹	22nd	SecEd
Know what I mean?	22nd	Guardian
Top GCSE marks climb at fastest rate for 20 years	22nd	Telegraph
Business blamed for slump in foreign language entries	22nd	Independent
Language uptake 'continues to fall'*	22nd	ATL
Languages still slipping at GCSE¹	21st	BBC
One in five achieve top grades	21st	Guardian
Teenagers notch up record GCSE results	21st	Independent
‘Class divide’ as language study falls in North	21st	Times
GCSE blow for languages, amid new results high	21st	Times
Scunthorpe firefighters to learn Polish	20th	This is Scunthorpe
Dramatic decline in foreign languages studied at university	19th	Independent
Hoping that someone speaks English is not enough in a globalised world	19th	Independent
A level results: Record year for A grades that highlights north-south divide	15th	Guardian
A positive learning curve	15th	Independent
Pupils rediscover the joys of maths and languages	15th	Independent
Pupils feel three A-levels no longer enough for university	15th	Times
A level pass rate rockets to highest level	14th	Evening Standard
A level pass rate rockets to highest level	14th	Daily Mail
A level results: Students receive more top grades	14th	Guardian
A level pass rate and A grades up	14th	BBC Online
From music biz wannabes to Euro-Wombats, thanks to new Government languages campaign	9th	DCSF
Record A-level passes expected within days 'could force universities to overlook results'	9th	Mail on Sunday
Scotland’s exams results hit record high	5th	Herald
Our language skills are a national embarrassment	3rd	Observer


July 2008
Sir Trevor meets Woodhill staff¹	29th	Kirkintilloch Herald
School's Columbus project 'best in Europe' ¹	29th	Nottingham Evening News
Condoleezza Rice: World power? I'd rather go shopping	25th	Times
Alarm at rising drop-out rate for student teachers	25th	Independent
State schools join the revolt against 'too easy' A-levels	23rd	Independent
European Lifelong Learning Awards for quality in mobility	24th	Ec.europa.eu
Identity reward in any language	21st	Yorkshire Post
UK children dip toe in global waters	18th	BBC News
Film makers scoop national award¹	16th	Warrington Guardian
Breaking the languages barrier	15th	The Guardian
Students shortlisted for their foreign languages film¹	15th	Norwich Evening News
Polish banned in workplace by Irish employers	11th	The Irish Herald
Breakthrough as primaries climb languages ladder	11th	Times Educational Supplement
Au revoir to success	11th	Times Educational Supplement
Teach languages better	11th	Times Educational Supplement
Good language skills give SMEs the exporting edge¹	10th	Croner.co.uk
Lafta for languages¹	9th	North Norfolk News
Teenagers are the reel deal ¹	9th	Peterborough Today
Language lessons: When a new language is child's play	7th	The Daily Telegraph
City youngsters’ French beach film shortlisted for award ¹	7th	Birmingham Mail
Vikings descend on school ¹	3rd	Newbury Today
Good language skills give firms the exporting edge ¹	3rd	Sourcewire.com
It's time to end this language madness ¹	3rd	SecEd

June 2008
£23 million boost to rural plans to support the diploma announced ¹	30th	DCSF
Immersion teaching ¹	26th	SecEd
More primaries teaching languages ¹	26th	BBC news
Foreign exchange trips under threat ¹	24th	Telegraph
Careers advisors prepare for European Day of Languages ¹	19th	SecEd
Do I understand you? ¹	17th	Guardian
Cause celebre ¹	13th	TES Magazine
Team up, spread the word ¹	13th	TES
Sue Clarke ¹	6th	Director magazine
La Jolie Ronde - c'est magnifique!¹	4th	Mum and Working
Universities have vital role to play in shaping teachers	2nd	The Herald
May 2008
Better job is no incentive for Scots to learn languages	29th	Press and Journal
GCSE students to face oral tests in French markets	26th	Independent
In South Korea, they teach English with a kick	26th	Reuters
Word up, as school gets new language facilities	24th	Derby Evening Telegraph
Fury as interpreters' course is axed	20th	Telegraph and Argus
Don't restrict access to learning for all	20th	Guardian
Notts students at ' Foreign Language Camp'	17th	Nottingham Evening Post
Monoglot Cambridge	17th	Times
Brits rarely speak the local language when abroad	15th	Holiday Hypermarket
Trashy Euro-pop made me a star at languages	14th	Glasgow Evening Times
Learning the lingo	13th	Daily Express
Evening class numbers drop	13th	Times
Adults 'dropping out of learning'	12th	BBC
Chinese classes to fly flag for Scottish growth	11th	Scotsman
Sponsorship backing for language teaching	9th	This is Cheshire
Whole new world as lessons put China in pupils' hands	9th	Edinburgh News
Call for Esperanto to be taught in schools	9th	Community Newswire
Pupils learn faster with computers	8th	Telegraph
Steve McCormack: Schools can't cope with all these languages ¹	8th	Independent
Webwatch ¹	6th	Guardian
April 2008
New language chief ¹	23rd	icWales
Nottingham Trent University helps language learning ²	22nd	Nottingham Evening Post
Talent in tongues sought ²	22nd	Dorset Echo
How poor communication skills spell disaster for out tourism industry ²	22nd	Sunday Herald
Scouse shelf-stacker becomes Chinese heart throb after learning language at local takeaway	21st	Daily Mail
Queen of achievements	20th	Telegraph and Argus
Number of pupils due to take new diplomas scaled down by a quarter	18th	Guardian
Top marks for primary pupils who speak nothing but French	18th	Times
Early French lessons translate into success	17th	Press and Journal
ICT and languages	17th	SecEd
Scots top of the class for learning new languages	16th	Daily Record
Dancing fun to celebrate award ¹	15th	This is Local London
Shake-up will give pupils more choice	14th	Norwich Evening News 24
Podcasting boosts language learning - report	11th	Macworld
Derbyshire companies get set for Qatar trading ²	9th	GNN
McClaren asks: May I have a job por favor	4th	Northern Echo
Former England coach McClaren could be saying 'Hola!' to La Liga	3rd	Daily Mail
McClaren learning from Europe	3rd	itv.com
McClaren plots return to management	3rd	Times
Lamb to chair languages diploma ¹	3rd	GoSkills
Steve McClaren learns Spanish to enhance CV	3rd	Telegraph
HEURO Chair Annette Strauss details how the Association is supporting European Officers and promoting the European agenda ¹	3rd	PSCA
March 2008
Cambridge announces further changes to admissions process	26th	Edinburgh Journal
Isabella Moore: 'Inspiring students to consider the benefits of languages' ¹	26th	FE News
Funds wanted for school Spain trip	24th	Hastings Observer
Mandarin gets down to business	23rd	CNN
Translating offers into business	23rd	Sunday Business Post
French challenge for pupils	21st	Spalding Today
Japanese treat for schoolkids	21st	Glasgow Evening Times
School fails to get a language GCSE	19th	Manchester Evening News
French is no longer enough ²	18th	Guardian
Middlesbrough exporter backs North East Awards ²	17th	GNN
Mind my language? I only wish that I had mes amis	17th	Times
Government to drop oral language exams	16th	Edinburgh Journal
Cambridge rethinks GCSE rule	15th	FT
Cambridge drops language demand	15th	BBC
Cambridge drops need for foreign language	15th	Independent
Foreign languages no longer a requirement for Cambridge University applicants	14th	Daily Mail
Cambridge drops language entry requirement ¹	14th	Guardian
Exotic languages blow for private schools	14th	FT
Languages and Film Talent Awards ¹	11th	Teachernet
Ten jobs you didn't know you could do with a foreign language ²	11th	Onrec
The mother of all celebrations	10th	Tower Hamlets Council
The primary school where every child learns to speak 40 languages	10th	Independent
Languages ladder awards span the generation gap	4th	GNN
Are oral exams necessary?	4th	Guardian
The Secretary of State announces appointments to the Board of the Higher Education Funding Council for England ¹	3rd	Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Mon dieu - A Levels axe foreign literary greats	2nd	Times
Is 'mind mapping' the fast track to learning?	1st	Times
February 2008
Languages	29th	Education Executive
Europe on the air	29th	Cambridge Network
Voice of the community	28th	SecEd
One nation, 138 languages and Scottish classroom problems ²	27th	Glasgow Herald
Parlez-vous Vietnamese?	26th	Guardian
Where was Wogan as schools sing for Europe? ¹	25th	Sheffield Star
Oral language exams are essential	21st	Times
Ofsted report every language matters	21st	GNN
Courses for community language 'need to be expanded'	21st	inthenews.co.uk
Minority language teaching call	21st	PA Group
Community languages 'lack status'	21st	BBC
'Put Bengali on par with French' says Ofsted	21st	Telegraph
Parlez vous francais?	20th	SecEd
Truer to life or just made easier to pass	20th	GNN
"How including languages is helping to create an innovative Diploma curriculum" ¹	20th	FE News
How to be a high flyer ¹	20th	University of Bristol
Call for GCSE languages regrade	20th	BBC
MSPs discuss decline of modern languages in schools	20th	STV News
The Depardieu approach to French orals	19th	Times
Philip Hensher: How can you learn a language and not speak it?	19th	Independent
The end to oral GCSE language exams	19th	Telegraph
Shake-up of GCSE language orals	18th	BBC
Language GCSE tests to be truer to life	18th	DCSF
'Sressful' oral tests for language exams may be dropped	18th	Yorkshire Post
Oral tests to be dropped from language exams	18th	Guardian
Oral language tests set to end	17th	Daily Express
Oral tests look set to be dropped	17th	Channel 4
Au revoir? French orals face the ax	17th	Sky News
Now students will be able to pass foreign language GCSEs without speaking a word as oral exams are too 'stressful'	17th	Mail on Sunday
Pourquoi? Warum? Perche? Study of languages is in decline ¹	16th	The Herald
NUT warning on languages teaching	15th	TES
Importance of language in business ²	13th	icBurton
Search is on for "experts in exports" ²	12th	GNN
English speakers 'must have fair deal' in language exams	10th	Guardian
Languages work ¹	9th	Leader magazine
Introducing primary pupils to languages	8th	EDP 24
Chinese GCSE to be offered	8th	PA Group
History lessons to aid tourists	8th	Business7
Lost in translation	8th	Leader magazine
More progess needed on modern foreign language provision	7th	Leader magazine
Bradford to silence its languages department	7th	THE
Widening participation in language study ¹	7th	Higher Education Funding Council
14-19 MFL requirements	7th	Leader magazine
Languages make depressing reading	7th	Leader magazine
Demand brings a new Chinese GCSE	7th	GCSE
New push for foreign languages ¹	5th	M2
Au revoir Mister Franglais	1st	BBC
Languages	1st	Independent
January 2008
Foreign languages are a must for firms	31st	Burton Mail
Future of languages under spotlight	31st	Sec-Ed
City language examination	31st	The Star
Focus on pupils! ²	30th	Barry and District News
Firms lose business due to shortage of bilingual workers	30th	Onrec.come
Wanted: English speakers with fluency in sarcasm	29th	Guardian
Call for cash for primary language learning	29th	Guardian
When should pupils move beyond the monolingual?	25th	TES
Euro London Appointments becomes language ambassador ¹	25th	onrec.com
Students sing Chinese song to launch regional activity promoting language study ¹	25th	Cambridge Network
Lost in transition: early taste for languages	25th	TES
Recruiter becomes Business Language Ambassador ¹	24th	SourceWire
Gaelic TV survey is 'encouraging'	22nd	BBC
Talk about success ¹	22nd	Daily Express
Learning a foreign language is child's play	21st	Daily Express
2nd lingo for kids, 5	21st	Sun
Pushy parents teach toddlers two languages	21st	Raising Kids
Oops, I did it again ²	21st	InsiderWeekly
"Nominate a language learning project" ¹	18th	FE News
Sell and Talk, but Listen	18th	Times
The focus on language fluency skills ¹	16th	HR and Training Journal
Leading on languages in the business world ¹	16th	HR and Training Journal
Is Wales a country split by languages?	14th	Swansea Evening Post
Languages lose out in schools ¹	13th	London Lite
GCSE success masks fall in pupils picking harder subjects ¹	10th	Guardian
Tables blames for drop in languages update ¹	10th	Guardian
Speak up if you need help²	7th	Leicester Mercury
How to engineer a successful career ¹	1st	50:50 Magazine

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