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ERIC Number: EJ614180
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0955-2308
Languages: The Next Generation.
Lamping, Alwena
Adults Learning (England), v12 n1 p13-15 Sep 2000
A British study stressed the need for multiple language skills in a globalized world and concluded that national capacity is currently inadequate: 90% of children stop second language learning at age 16. There is a disparity between the number of adults stating they want to learn languages and the number actually engaged in it. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Lifelong Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom