How Do We Tackle Britain’s Linguistic Shortcomings?
Britain has never been a country famed for its #multilingual nature and this week the point was driven home with a rather worrying report from the British Council. The #Languages for the Future report draws attention to Britain’s lack of prowess in speaking what it regards as the 10 most “important” foreign languages, defined as those vital to the #United Kingdom over the coming 20 years on #educational, #economic, #political and #cultural grounds. They are: #Spanish, #Arabic