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- What Is The Take-Up of Languages in English Schools Today?
- What Challenges Do Languages Face in Schools?
- What Has Been Proposed to Improve Language Learning?
- How Has The Government Responded to The Reviews?
- What Has The Reaction Been to Recent Government Action?
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Languages have not been compulsory in England beyond the age of 14 since 2004. Ofsted has noted the number of entries for GCSEs in modern foreign languages (MFL) has “declined significantly” since that time. In 2019, Ofqual reported entries for MFL exams had almost halved since 2002, when there were around 500,000 entries. In June 2021, Ofqual repo...
The causes behind the low take-up of languages in schools in England are complex. The DfE’s 2019 annual report noted a perception that MFL GCSEs were harder than other GCSEs. It also identified issues with the quality of MFL teaching. The perception of disproportionate difficulty was a theme shared in Ofsted’s 2021 curriculum review. This also drew...
A number of organisations have proposed strategies to address challenges in language education. In 2016, the Teaching Schools Council conducted a review of MFL teaching practice in key stage 3 and 4. It found that, as is still the case, less than half of pupils were entered for languages GCSEs. The review made 15 recommendations aimed at: schools a...
The Government has responded to calls to evaluate GCSE MFL subject content and assessment. In November 2019, Ofqual evaluated grading standards for GCSE French, German and Spanish, to ascertain whether MFL GCSEs were graded more severely than other subjects. Its findings led to adjustments being made to French and German, but not to Spanish. In the...
The MFL GCSE subject content consultation has been subject to criticism. On 10 March 2021, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on MFL, for which the British Council provides secretariat support, responded to the consultation. It called “on the DfE to (a) work with stakeholders to build a consensus on a way forward and (b) delay any changes until this...
Global Future, Silenced Voices: The Secret Bias Against ‘Community’ Languages that is Holding Back Students and the UK, March 2021British Academy, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Association of School and College Leaders, British Council, and Universities UK, Towards a National Languages Strategy: Education and Skills,...House of Commons Library, Language Teaching in Schools, January 2020Bobbie Mills and Teresa Tinsley, Boys Studying Modern Foreign Languages at GCSE in Schools in England, British Council, January 2020Aug 8, 2023 · The Pocketalk device overcomes language barriers efficiently by instantly translating 82 different languages. The power of conversation. In UK schools, non-English speaking students can feel isolated and often get left behind as language presents itself as a tremendous obstacle.
May 4, 2021 · The first cohort of pupils that should have studied languages throughout key stage 2 moved to secondary school in September 2018. Between October 2019 and March 2020, we carried out 24...
Jun 1, 2015 · First, there remains a great deal of variation in pre-school settings in Scotland. 58% of parents reported that their child attended a local authority primary school nursery class, 20% attended another type of LA pre-school setting (such as a stand-alone nursery or family centre), 14% attended a private provider and 8% a voluntary provider. Such settings varied in size, age range catered for ...
For over a decade, UNICEF has prioritized child protection systems strengthening (CPSS) as a key approach to child protection programming. In response to the 2018 evaluation of UNICEF’s work on CPSS, and guided by UNICEF’s Child Protection Strategy (2021 – 2030), this technical paper outlines UNICEF’s approach going forward: 1) key considerations that shape this approach; 2) describes ...
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Aug 4, 2022 · OCRR Series: Languages. Published 7 June 2021. Available online OCRR series: languages – GOV.UK ( www.gov.uk ). Accessed 8 June 2021.] (OCRR) and the content of 24 Languages Subject Inspections (LSI) in primary school foreign language provision carried out between October 2019 and March 2020.
