A new CD of pop and rock music sung in Cornish is being launched by the Cornish Language Fellowship.
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Popular photo-sharing site Flickr has announced plans to launch a version in the Chinese language.
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  Congres Frans begins    Originally uploaded by Edublogger.
The message is loud and clear: Holland’s issues with language learning are more similar to Scotland and England’s problems than we might think. The Dutch have a reputation as being language learners extraordinaire but there is still, says our opening speaker, too much […]

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It’s been a beautiful evening and it looks like the good weather will continue today for the opening of Congres Frans, Holland’s national languages conference at which I’ve been asked to deliver two keynotes.
The first is in the afternoon today, 10 Façons Pour Rester Brancher […]

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Joanna McPake, Acting Director of Scottish CILT, based at the University of Stirling, advocates that British schoolchildren simply require the opportunity to become linguists.
Read this article on the Herald website.

Are modern languages increasingly becoming an elite subject, dominated by the middle classes and concentrated at the top universities?
Read this article on the Education Guardian website.

PUPILS will be given more help in learning Gaelic thanks to a £210,000 grant from the Scottish Executive.
Read this story on the Scotsman website.

The government is expected to publish draft legislation dealing with the Irish language.
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A new college which aims to promote the Chinese culture and language, as well as strengthening business links with Wales, is to open in Ceredigion.
Read more on the BBC website.

The review of language teaching in England by Lord Dearing’s team has recommended making it compulsory in primary schools.
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