Summary of EEF response
EEF supports the teaching and learning of languages, as the increasingly global nature of engineering and manufacturing business. Companies wishing to compete in the international market acknowledge and value the advantage which language learning gives.
However, the value of forcing young people to study a foreign language at Key Stage 4 is questionable. We believe that languages should be encouraged and easy to access but not compulsory at this level.
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Added 31 January 2007