Australia does business very successfully in English with most of its trading partners. But as the worlds economic power shifts to emerging regions such as Asia， its language gap could soon be exposed. According to the new figures， less than 6.5 percent of high school graduates are proficient in an Asian language. Academics worry that this means Australia will increasingly be isolated from its economically important Asian neighbors. Dilip Dutta， from the economics and business faculty at Sydney University， says language skills can enhance trading opportunities. If Australians want to trade with Asian countries， it is very important for them to learn the language that will help them to get closer to the culture.

But students have different opinions about Asian language learning. Pippa

McCowage， a 22-year-old Australian student， says many young Australians have a half-hearted approach to foreign languages， and the language curriculum is often weak. While were encouraged in high school to learn another language， its not really apparent to me as a realistic expectation that you will have to speak it， said McCowage. For example， I learned Japanese in high school. When I went on an exchange in Year 10， I found that the Japanese students of my age had a much greater proficiency in English than I did in Japanese. So in that sense， it almost discourages you.

At present， about 70 percent of Australias major exports go to Asia and the

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