Poor language skills will see UK pupils 'drift into oblivion' as they are overtaken by Chinese and Indian students
The body representing Britain's top independent schools said pupils in the UK will be at a disadvantage in industry because fewer are learning modern foreign languages. Mail.
As a teacher of Spanish and French, by trade, I must declare that the modern language skills of this nation are simply execrable. Easily solved, though. Insist that all who go to to university MUST possess at least a GCSE in a modern language in order to matriculate. Abolished as a practice 45 years ago - this has done our nation inestimable damage.
