Baroness Coussins, in the UK House of Lords Economy:Modern Languages debate of 3rd December, 2009, in speaking of the findings of the Worton Report on the future of modern languages provision in English universities, said, in part: “Professor Worton calls on the Government to up the ante on expectations for secondary schools. I hope that the Minister will agree to take this up with his DSF colleagues, in particular the need to upgrade to a mandatory target the current very vague hope that 50 to 60 per cent of students should take a language until they are 16. We know that … Continue reading Languages for economic growth and individual prosperity