Modern Foreign Languages

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One-off assessments to focus on the speaking element in GCSE modern foreign languages will be permitted next year, according to Ofqual. Following a consultation into how language GCSEs will

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Plans are underway to extend a pioneering multi-million-pound programme to boost fluency in Mandarin among English school pupils. The £10 million Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) launche

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All pupils should study a foreign language at key stage 4, according to a new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute. In response to dwindling figures for the uptake of GCSE Fren

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The Department for Education is to seek ways of making modern foreign language GCSEs more accessible after an exam body revealed it is very difficult to gain top grades. A review into the i

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Drops in language take-up at GCSE level and in primary school language teaching are among the key take-outs from the Language Trends 2019 report. The report from the British Council also su

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Language learning in Britain requires serious attention, according to an all-party parliamentary group of MPs and peers. They claim there is an “urgent and compelling” need to take action an

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The University of York will run the new national ‘centre of excellence’ for modern foreign languages, the government has announced. The higher education institution will coordinate efforts b