House of Lords Debates the Importance of World Languages

On October 28, 2010, the House of Lords spent an hour and 20 minutes discussing the importance of speaking languages other than English. Baroness Coussins, chair of the all parliamentary group on modern languages, discussed the need for England to invest in foreign language learning.  As a LOTE teacher, how cool is it to see the government spend almost an hour and a half discussing the importance of learning a second language.

Talk Radio in England (You and Yours) discusses Language Learning 08/31/2010

You and Yours is a BBC radio show that discussed the issue of learning languages a couple of months before the October 28, 2010 debate in the House of Lords.  It was a fascinating discussion and is worth a listen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00thxg0#p009r16y