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Anaysis : One country, one language

Published 28 September 2006 - Updated 29 September 2006
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This article, by Ramona Binder from cafebabel.com, stresses that despite the Commission's efforts to improve young Europeans' grasp, EU Member states find it difficult to implement concrete measures.

"Every citizen should have a good command of two foreign languages together with their mother tongue," claims the action plan for language teaching presented by the European Commission two years ago. This is a requirement for all citizens who want to live and work in Europe.

However, only a few EU member states come close to this aim – many school children don’t even speak a single foreign language. Why is this?

To read this article in full, please click here

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