It is good to hear that the British government is finally taking language learning seriously. They have set a target for language lessons to be available for all 7 to 14 year olds by 2010 and for languages to be compulsory the following year.
This is a positive step in the right direction in helping the British public become bilingual, although they took a step backwards in 2004 when they removed the compulsory learning of languages for GCSE in secondary school after 14. They really need to decide how importantly they hold learning a language and stick to it. At least they realise the importance of learning a language early.
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