Posted 12/3/2023, 7:00:00 PM
UK Faces Language Crisis as Foreign Language Learning Plummets, Costing Economy Billions
- Dramatic decline in modern foreign language learning in UK schools over past 20 years, with under 10% of 15-year-olds able to speak a foreign language
- Falling language skills costing UK economy billions in lost exports and growth opportunities
- Security risks from UK becoming linguistically isolated and not understanding other cultures
- Damaging Britain's reputation and compromising opportunities for international relationships
- Shortage of language teachers due to lack of specialized training bursaries and difficulties recruiting from EU