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Language in the news: playwright defends lesser taught languages

This week’s ‘English language in the news’ microblog post looks at Sir Tom Stoppard’s recent call to MPs to defend less common languages, or risk their loss.

The BBC shares the news that lesser taught languages, including Czech, Russian and Polish, are endangered within Scottish universities, soon to be wiped out altogether if changes aren’t made.

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