May I suggest to subscribers that the Green Paper from Estelle
Morris proposing to make modern language learning optional in
secondary schools so that pupils may devote time to "vocational"
subjects deserves a response (one that ought to be copied to the
local M.P.). If you think her proposal is welcome, I'm sure she
would like to have your support. If you do not, then it is important
that she and her colleagues in government hear immediately from
as many sources as possible what is wrong with the proposal and
why.
Professor Ronald Speirs
Department of German
University of Birmingham
Birmingham B15 2TT
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