ESU response to the Proposal for a Council Recommendation on a comprehensive approach to language learning in school

Various aspects of the initiatives the commission seems to be undertaking under the EEA2025 heading are aimed at increased mobility. Lack of language skills continues to be a significant obstacle to mobility in several European countries, e.g. France, where a large part of learners continue to be monolingual. As most international mobility programmes demand working knowledge in English, turning the attention to offering language courses beyond upper-secondary education is absolutely necessary. More...