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Learning a Second Language to be Compulsory in Junior School

Learning a Second Language to be Compulsory in Junior School

Learning a second language will be compulsory in junior schools from September 2014. The education secretary, Michael Gove has announced that changes to the curriculum means that all children will begin learning a second language from the age of seven.

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