Should it be compulsory for children to learn a foreign language at school?

Is it compulsory at your school? Do you think its important to learn other languages?

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Your talk backs:

"I think students should be allowed to have a choice of whether they would like to learn a foreign language or not. It is very important to learn a language whilst at school to broaden your horizons."

"No I don't think it should be, not everyone wants to learn German or French, if there was a choice then we would be able to say whether we think we will need it in our future career."
Aiyshah, 13, Brighton

“I think it would be really good for children to learn a foreign language as it can also help to tackle racism in some ways. For example if British children can speak French or some other language they will find it easier to communicate to that speaker of that language. If children can speak more than one language they will be proud of it. There is no way for them to hate any other person that speaks the same language because they can communicate in friendly way.”
Tunde, 16, London