The Inquiry's final report, Languages: the next generation, was published in May 2000. It highlighted the fundamental issues of policy and provision that needed to be addressed if the UK was to meet the nation's linguistic needs for the 21st century, and argued for an explicit and proactive national agenda to review and develop all aspects of the UK's capability in languages.
Languages: the next generation is in three parts.
Sections 1 to 3 set the context for the report and consider national languages capability and needs in relation to economic competitiveness, personal fulfillment and civic responsibility.
Sections 4 and 5 compare needs and supply, by examining the languages provision in each sector of the education system: primary, secondary, 16-19, higher education and adult learning.
Section 6 considers the strategic implications of the Inquiry's findings and presents a full list of its recommendations.
You can download Languages: the next generation, in Adobe PDF format, by clicking on the link.
