Well they're a bit late, but, software maker Microsoft and Enterprise MPC (EMPC) have announced the development of a learning gateway solution, to be extended across six primary schools in Europe, which will support the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) 'Collaborative Technology in Languages Initiative' (CTLI). The CTLI project aims to help develop the teaching and learning of languages by focusing on the innovative use of technologies in primary schools across Europe.
Launched today in Granada, Spain, the CTLI is designed to help open up the doors of communication and give children and teachers across Europe access to different forms of technology to link up their classrooms, enabling them to communicate, collaborate and share information, resources and techniques to support teaching of the curriculum and motivate children to develop their language skills.
In the UK, the project will support the government's plans to improve the teaching of primary modern foreign languages and to ensure that language lessons are available for all pupils in every primary school in England by 2010.
Source - http://www.digitalmediaasia.com
It's got to be an improvement on what is currently in place, but I hope it facilitates spoken English too.