THE number of British students opting to study modern languages at GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) continues to slide, with French being the biggest loser. Figures showed that take-up of French had fallen by 6.8 percent this year. German fell by 5.4 percent. The slump was only partly offset by a rise of 4.9 percent in Spanish. Andrew Adonis, the Schools minister, said there was “more to be done” to encourage language learning.
New Zealand's language school rolls increasing
调查显示外国学生热衷留学新西兰学习英语
ACCORDING to a recent survey by New Zealand’s national statistical office, there were 39,668 international students enrolled in English language schools in New Zealand in March 2008 — an increase of 5.1 percent on the previous year. South Korea surpassed China as the largest contributor to expenditure on tuition and related fees for both the March 2007 and March 2008 years.
