This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Restoring foreign languages taste at school
In the UK the foreign languages level is low compared to the European average. We should notice that the student's languages interest is decreasing. Because of the using of English everywhere in the world English pupils seems to forget the importance of the foreign languages
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We should hep them to restore these languages taste in order to shape the youth of tomorrow and allow them to have an open door to the world.
You can find statistics on the UK government website, as well on the European statistics website.
Furthermore, this book explains perfectly the situation and it is available on the House of the common library: Long,R and Bolton, P (2016), Language teaching in schools (England), House of Commons library
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