Key messages: Children are starting to learn foreign languages at an increasingly early age in Europe, with most pupils beginning as a compulsor...

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• Press release: Language interest grows (11 February 2016, Scottish Government)

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Key messages: In accordance with the EU population, the most widely spoken mother tongue is German (16%), followed by Italian and English (13% e...

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Key messages:Almost nine out of ten EU citizens believe that the ability to speak foreign languages is very useful and 98% say that mastering language...

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Excellence Groups were established to consider what makes for excellence in subjects, and in skills development, across learning. The Groups met a num...

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In what became known as the 'Barcelona agreement' the Council called for further action' to improve the mastery of basic skills, in particular by teac...

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