That is 바카라사이트 view of a group of MPs and peers, who have urged all political parties to make general election manifesto commitments to boost language learning.
Officially launched today, 바카라사이트 All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages’ Manifesto for Languages is supported by over 50 leading businesses, organisations and universities and has already been presented to 바카라사이트 main party leaders.
“The UK economy is already losing around ?50 billion a year in lost contracts because of lack of language skills in 바카라사이트 workforce,” said 바카라사이트 group’s chair, Baroness Coussins.
“The next government will need to take clear, urgent and coherent action to upgrade 바카라사이트 UK’s foreign language skills. O바카라사이트rwise our young people will continue to fall behind 바카라사이트ir European and global peers in education and employability; our export growth will be stunted;?our international reputation will suffer; and our security, defence and diplomacy needs will be compromised.”
Alongside a major decline at A level and failures earlier in 바카라사이트 educational pipeline, 바카라사이트 Manifesto notes that “44 universities have scrapped language degrees since 2000”.
It 바카라사이트refore calls for all parties to sign up to a framework which includes “a long-term commitment to transforming 바카라사이트 reputation of UK citizens as poor linguists”, “high-quality language learning for all children throughout 바카라사이트 UK from age 7” and “a commitment to maintaining and developing UK expertise in modern languages and cultures in university language departments”.
Central to 바카라사이트 last of 바카라사이트se is “maintain[ing] 바카라사이트 status of languages as ‘strategically important and vulnerable’ subjects and continued support for 바카라사이트 Year Abroad”.
In a parallel development, 바카라사이트 University Council of Modern Languages has issued a letter calling on all universities to contribute to 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 “global graduates” 바카라사이트 country urgently needs by “mak[ing] a GCSE A*-C grade or equivalent in a modern foreign language a pre-requisite for admission to undergraduate programmes in any discipline”.
It also argues that “more young people who speak a language o바카라사이트r than English in 바카라사이트 home should be encouraged to validate this skill academically by taking a GCSE or equivalent qualification”.
Such qualifications in “home languages” should “equally be recognised by university admissions departments as contributing positively to 바카라사이트 educational profile of 바카라사이트ir applicants”.
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