Trade makes a knowledge of more languages important

Trade makes a knowledge of more languages important, says Children's Secretary Ed Balls.

Mandarin 'should be available' for all English pupils. All secondary school pupils in England should have the chance to learn a less familiar language such as Mandarin.

Mandarin has become increasingly popular in schools.

Making it more widely available is an "aspiration" rather than a pledge - and could mean schools and colleges sharing specialist language teaching staff.

Mr Balls highlighted the economic importance of learning languages.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8439959.stm 4 January 2010

The best time to learn languages is in the early years, the earlier the better.
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