The demand for foreign language skills to be prioritised in the UK education system - at the governmental and business level - is something that we have highlighted over the last few months. This is emphasised by recent figures suggesting that the number of Welsh pupils taking French and German at GCSE has halved since 2002. Whilst some of this will be explained by the diversification of language learning, this offset will be nowhere near enough to prop up these plummeting numbers.
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Posted by Content Admin - July 22, 2015
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Posted by Content Admin - July 22, 2015
Learning a language can be a fun, challenging, and rewarding process for children. It can build confidence, improve their other learning activities, and can also have long term benefits for their working adult life. Therefore, it is a process that should be encouraged and supported by parents. Learning a language can take years. As a result of the time and dedication involved, it is important that those learning languages maintain discipline and keep focused on developing their skill.
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Posted by Content Admin - July 22, 2015
Foreign exchange trips and the language immersion opportunities that they provide can help a child develop their social, cultural, and language skills. However, sending a child on a language exchange can be a worrying and stressful experience for parents; they are, after all, sending their child hundreds if not thousands miles away from home to live with a family they may never have met. At Lingoo we help families facilitate language exchanges across Europe and beyond.
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Posted by Content Admin - July 22, 2015
Language immersion is a powerful tool that can significantly aid in the language development of both children and adults. Language immersion is when a learner spends time in a country where the language they are studying is the native language, thereby immersing themselves into the language and the culture by speaking only the target language. Language immersion can last for a few days, a week, or for those studying at college level even entire school years.