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THESIS STATEMENT
We believe that foreign languages should not becompulsory in British schools because they areinessential, there are more important skills that should
be taught and learning a foreign language shouldbe a choice.
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OUTLINE
1. Foreign Languages are Inessential
2. More Important Skills
3. Choice
Conclusion
References
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FOREIGN LANGUAGES ARE
INESSENTIAL
ENGLISH
• A global advantage (Guardian, 2006)
• Most spoken language (Guardian, 2006)
• Speakers > 1.3 billion (Internet World Stats, 2011)
• Widely spoken/Official status in 101 countries (ESL,2012)
•
Internet users > 550 million (Internet World Stat,2011)
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MORE IMPORTANT SKILLS
Rate of illiteracy: Reading + Writing:
Best
Worst
3
2
1
4
United Kingdom
(Daily Mail, 2012)
UK pupils reading:
7th
25th
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MORE IMPORTANT SKILLS
• Numeracy + Literacy skills: 55-65y/o > 16-24y/o
• Young people: Reading skills: 22/24
Maths: 21/24
• 8.5mil adults’ maths skill=maths skill of 10y/o
• Talent pool of highly skilled adults in England arelikely to fall in next few decades
(Daily Mail, 2013)
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COMPULSORY?
Reason why ppl believe FL should be compulsory isbecause employers values ppl who can speak > 1lang. (Molyneaux, G. 2010).
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CHOICE
(Molyneaux, G. 2010)
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CONCLUSION
No foreign languages should not be madecompulsory in British schools because its notimportant, there are more important skills that need
to be taught and it should be a choice for thelearner.
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REFERENCES
• Internet World Stats (2011). Internet World Users by Language. Retrieved February27, 2014 from http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm
• ESL (2012). The Most Widely Spoken Languages. Retrieved February 27, 2014 fromhttp://blog.esl-languages.com/en/esl/most-spoken-languages-world/
• Daily Mail (2012). Illiterate Britain: One in five adults struggling to read and write and some can't even use a chequebook. Retrieved February 27, 2014 fromhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2122007/Illiterate-Britain-One-adults-
struggling-read-write-t-use-chequebook.html • Daily Mail (2013). Schools go backwards: Pupils are worse at maths and literacy
than their grandparents. Retrieved February 27, 2014 fromhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2449481/Education-crisis-Pupils-worse-maths-literacy-grandparents.html
• Guardian (2006). Why bother learning foreign languages?. Retrieved February 20,2014 fromhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/oct/13/whybotherlearningforei
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