BBC – Katherine Sellgren
“As the New Year beckons, the British Council is calling on people in the UK to make learning a foreign language their resolution for 2016…Higher Education Statistics Agency data released in February showed that entries to modern foreign language degree courses had dropped…Vicky Gough, schools adviser at the British Council, said: “The UK is currently facing a shortfall in people who can speak foreign languages…More than that, the benefits of learning one are huge – from boosting job prospects to acquiring the ability to understand and better connect with another culture. If the UK is to remain competitive on the international stage, we need far more of us to develop our language skills.””(more)