Future for foreign languages in Wales ‘grim’, says expert

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Series Details 14.07.14
Publication Date 14/07/2014
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Ceri James, the former director of CILT Cymru, Wales’ national centre for languages, is concerned about the lack of encouragement for modern language teaching in Wales. CILT Cymru lost some of its Welsh government funding in 2014.
Source Link http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/public-funding-languages-wales-grim-7415434
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http://www.ciltcymru.org.uk/ http://www.ciltcymru.org.uk/
BBC News, 05.02.14: Welsh Baccalaureate: Language module drop criticised http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26044590
BBC News, 14.07.14: Modern languages 'recovery programme' urged by MPs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-28269496
Blog: British Council: All Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages: Press release, 13.07.14: APPG launches Manifesto for Languages http://blog.britishcouncil.org/appg-modernlanguages/2014/07/13/press-release-appg-launches-manifesto-for-languages/
The Guardian, 11.07.14: Languages in Wales deserve a fighting chance http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jul/11/wales-languages-director-redundancy
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