Languages holding steady says the Languages Company

The Languages Company claims that the decrease in numbers entering GCSE languages this year is reflective of the decline in numbers entering GCSE overall.

Languages Company

Mixed fortunes for GCSE languages

French entries down 6.6%. German down 4.2%. No change in Spanish, but 4.4% increase in other modern languages.

JCQ website

LLAS Twitter

A-levels: Spanish and community langs up. French and German down

There were falls in entries for French, by 3.7%, and German, by 7.7%, but a rise in those sitting Spanish and community languages.

The Guardian

World Oral Literature website launched

The World Oral Literature Project is an urgent global initiative to
document and make accessible endangered oral literatures before they
disappear without record.

http://www.oralliterature.org

Student uses fourth plinth to protest about language cuts

A student has appeared on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square to protest about cuts to language courses at Imperial College London.

16 July 2009
Times Higher Education

Cuts to beginners' language courses will hit the most vulnerable people hard

Concern about cuts to English for Speakers of Other Languages

The Guardian

Language 'predicts dementia risk'

People with superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease decades later, research suggests.

BBC news