Inside Europe | 05.02.2011 | 07:05

Brits grapple with their foreign language record

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A new study in the UK reveals that the number of teenagers studying a foreign language has plummeted in state schools to just 40%. There are concerns that this trend is preventing young people from getting top jobs with multinational companies. And that the Brits are jeopardizing their leverage on the world stage and global competitiveness by failing to speak enough languages.

The Ministry of Education recently signalled the possible return of a compulsory foreign language for British teenagers, seven years after the requirement was dropped by the previous

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government. Nina-Maria Potts has more from London.

• Brits grapple with their foreign language record