Continued decline in languages threatens our economic competitiveness
…ges and intercultural skills play a vital role in ensuring global economic competitiveness. According to the Education and Employers Task Force (2011) poor language competency is resulting in a loss of at least £7.3 billion per annum to the UK economy or 0.5% of GDP. However, these bleak facts, and the threat they imply to the UK economy, seem, surprisingly, to generate little media attention. “These bleak facts, and the threat they imply to the U…