Why students are turning away from learning foreign languages

By Kelsey Munro
Updated June 17 2016 - 10:20pm, first published June 12 2016 - 2:22am
In decline: foreign language enrolments.  Photo: Photo: iStock
In decline: foreign language enrolments. Photo: Photo: iStock
Year three students learning Mandarin in a multilingual lesson.
 Photo: Brendan Esposito
Year three students learning Mandarin in a multilingual lesson. Photo: Brendan Esposito

Foreign language learning in Australia is in serious decline, as we are well into the second decade of the so-called Asian Century.

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