Research

Here are some useful links to research I have been involved in producing:

Language Trends survey 2012 (primary and secondary) published by CfBT

Languages: the State of the Nation, February 2013, The British Academy

Data on the link between language learning and social advantage/disadvantage – as presented at the Language World conference, March 2012  The Languages Gap

Lessons from abroad: international review of primary languages, published by CfBT

Language Trends survey 2011, published by CfBT

FE Trends survey 2011, a survey with FE Colleges in 2011. CfBT Education Trust, CILT Cymru, SCILT and Northern Ireland CILT.

The economic case for language learning and the role of employer engagement, published by CfBT in association with the Education and Employers Taskforce, Business for New Europe and the Association of School and College Leaders

Labour Market Intelligence on Languages and Intercultural Skills in Higher Education, University Council of Modern Languages, 2011

Languages for Jobs: providing multilingual communication skills for the labour market, European Commission, 2011

ELAN: Effects on the European Economy of Shortages of Foreign Language Skills in Enterprise, 2006

CILT Language Trends surveys

Mandarin Language Learning, Research Study, 2007

And here is an article by Professor James Foreman Peck, who worked on the ELAN project, about the contribution of language skills to exporting and productivity. Costing_Babel