My father, Dr. Paul Pimsleur, was the creator of the Pimsleur Method, which has been used by adults to learn a foreign language worldwide for close to 50 years.

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Mr Kerry also says he would open bilateral talks with North Korea and Iran, appoint presidential envoys to the Middle East and for nuclear proliferation, boost aid to failed states, spend more on public diplomacy, stop research and development of new nuclear weapons and even give all Americans a chance to learn a foreign language.

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The Labour Party's election manifesto did promise to "provide primary pupils with wider opportunities to learn.. a foreign language".

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