Looking at the range of language choice available for the national curriculum, this book discusses the relative merits of languages such as French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Spanish, and Welsh, as well as looking at the basis of choice and the struggle of Community languages for survival.
French - first among equals, D.Westgate; chances for German, D.Phillips;
Italian in school - college and university, B.Powell; Russian renaissance,
D.Rix and R.Pullin; Spanish - at last?, S.Rouve; community languages - the
struggle for survival, F.Turner; Welsh within the National Curriculum, G.Wyn
Jones; the basis of choice, C.Filmer-Sankey; INSET and diversification,
M.Calvert; diversification and the National Curriculum - policy and
provision, G.Clark.
