Language teaching crisis as 40% of university departments face closure (The Guardian weekly)
Last week it emerged that A-level candidates for French and German fell by 50% between 1996 and 2012. Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian Daniel Boffey, policy editor - Sat 17 Aug 2013 19.18 BST Number of universities offering modern languages degrees plunges from 105 in 2000 to 62 at start of this academic year As many as 40% of university language departments are likely to close within...