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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8887

12 February 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 42 / 47
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/education
Foreign language learning becoming more common in primary education, confirms Eurydice report

Brussels, 11/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - Learning a foreign language from primary school onwards is becoming more common: today, 50% of young Europeans have started learning a second language before entering secondary education, as advocated by the Barcelona Council of March 2002. This is one of the findings of a report by the European network Eurydice on the key figures surrounding language teaching in Europe, supported by the European Commission and with contributions from Eurostat for the...

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