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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10922

17 September 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 36
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION - CULTURE / (ae) multilingualism
Encouraging the British to study languages

Brussels, 16/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission regrets the British lack motivation for learning foreign languages. Ahead of a conference that will be held on 18-20 October at the London Language Show, the Commission spoke, on 13 September, of a contrasting situation with regard to foreign language learning in the UK.

Since 2000, the number of British universities offering degrees in the two most popular languages has fallen by 30% for French and by over 50% for German. The...

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