700 Reasons: Reason #347

Reason: 347
A wider range of languages is called for - The present range of languages spoken by the UK workforce and taught in the education system does not accurately reflect the current pattern of UK trade, nor the patterns that are predicted to emerge in the next generation
Reference:
The Nuffield Languages Inquiry (2000) Languages: the next generation (London: The Nuffield Foundation)
Related Keywords:
Business, Diversity, Less Widely Used and Lesser Taught (LWULT) Languages, UK

700 Reasons to study languages...