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By Claire Wrathall

Published: September 2 2006 03:00 | Last updated: September 2 2006 03:00

Poll - Should the government reverse its language education policy?

The Angst that greeted this year's GCSE results, showing a slump in the number of students taking modern languages, was exaggerated. Those exam results told us much about Britain's arrogantly monoglot youths but nothing about their more diligent parents.

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