Business leaders have called for greater efforts to be made to ensure the survival of modern language learning in Scottish schools.
CBI Scotland, the Institute of Directors in Scotland and the Scottish Chambers of Commerce said it was essential to the future competitiveness of the Scottish economy that pupils were able to learn a range of languages.
The call comes after the Scottish Government came under fire from some of the most powerful countries in Europe over its languages policy.
Representatives from Germany, Switzerland and Austria have written to Dr Alastair Allan, the minister for learning, warning that current policies to expand language learning may lead to the "ultimate demise" of German in Scottish schools.
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