Languages
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The National Languages Strategy, "Languages for all: languages for life..." (2002) outlines the objectives and plans in place to transform our language capability. The strategy recognises that to understand and communicate in another language has a crucial role in raising awareness and understanding other cultures and that economically, our capacity to speak other languages is hugely important to the expansion of world trade.
Making the case for languages: why study languages?
Myths and Realities has been reproduced by kind permission of the Department of Modern Languages, University of Bangor.
Further support can be found in the powerpoint presentation from The University of Southampton.
There are many international initiatives to support the National Languages Strategy.
 Linking with China - an increasing number of schools in Warwickshire are offering mandarin.
There are a range of possibilities and funding opportunities for Foreign Language Assistants.
Teacher exchanges and work-shadowing placements in Europe can refresh language skills and language teaching techniques - also see Comenius professional development.
Languages Mean Business
Warwick Arts Centre has seasons of foreign films. Contact: John Gore, Film Programmer, at j.gore@warwick.ac.uk.
The BBC Languages Email Club has been set up to send Foreign Language teachers, tutors, trainers and lecturers regular free email updates on BBC Language Courses, TV programmes, Internet activity, special offers, competitions plus an information service on the language world in general. If you would like to join you can register via the BBC Active Languages Website.
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