Languages in the press

Catch up on press coverage about German and language learning in the UK.

  • Herald Scotland

    Comment: ‘Sought-after language is not very difficult to learn’ - 25.11.10

  • Herald Scotland

    Alarm at number of schools dropping German - 25.11.10

  • Daily Telegraph

    Pupils to learn a language in GCSE shake-up - 24.11.10

  • Daily Mail

    German is the second most common language in Europe, according to Eurostat - 04.10.10

  • Die Welt

    Ausländische Spitzen-Studenten lieben Deutschland - 13.09.10

  • The Telegraph

    'English Baccalaureate' to combat drop in academic GCSEs

  • DfE

    DfE statement on language teaching policy - 26.08.10

  • The Guardian

    GCSE results: Ministers to review language teaching - 24.08.10

  • The Guardian

    Who still wants to learn languages? - 24.08.10

  • The Guardian

    Trapped in the Anglosphere, we've lost sight of next door - 20.08.10

  • The Observer

    To speak another language isn't just cultured, it's a blow against stupidity - 15.08.10

  • The Observer

    Language teaching: Entre nous, the idea we need only English is totally passé - 15.08.10

  • Daily Telegraph

    More British students 'to study abroad', says Willetts - 01. 08.10

  • Daily Telegraph

    Denglish über alles - 28.07.10

  • DW-World

    Uber-cool English-speakers love using German words - 27.07.10

  • Bristol Evening Post

    Looking after the kids by Rod MacKinnon - 27.07.10

  • Sunday Times (please note, you have to register to use this site)

    Smiley’s secret: He wants us to love Germany - extracts from John le Carré's speech at the Think German conference - 11.07.10

  • BBC

    Stowmarket High record a World Cup song at Arsenal FC - 02.07.10

  • FAZ

    Engländer, keine Angst vor den Deutschen! John le Carré's speech at the Think German conference - 25.06.2010

  • London Evening Standard

    Ich bin ein Londoner: why we're bonding with Germany - 24.05.10

  • The Independent

    More languages on the menu in schools - 20.05.10

  • The Times

    Languages crisis is threatening a generation of state school pupils - 15.05.10

  • Spiegel

    Ten good reasons to learn German (in German) - 14.04.10

  • Evening Standard

    Talking your way to the top - 18.03.10

  • CILT

    Employers rank languages most desirable skill after IT - 26.02.10

  • Der Spiegel

    Gaststudenten in Deutschland - 23.02.10

  • The Guardian

    It is awful that we've given up on languages - 07.02.10

  • CILT

    Language Trends secondary

  • Der Spiegel

    Hasta la vista, Deutschunterricht - 23.01.10

  • The Times

    Foreign languages becoming 'privilege of elite' - 21.01.10

  • BBC

    Fewer schools hit language target - 20.01.10

  • The Guardian

    Languages are becoming 'twilight subjects' at state schools - 20.01.10

  • The Guardian

    Auf Wiedersehen German, Hola Spanish - 20.01.10

  • The Independent

    Schools abandon foreign language targets - 20.01.10

  • The Independent

    Comment: Languages need to be a priority for the pupils' and the nation's sake - 20.01.10

  • The Independent

    Why make learning a foreign language your New Year’s resolution? - 30.11.09

  • BBC

    Learning languages 'boosts brain' - 13.10.04