Archives for French

Language lesson gap means poorest miss out, says report

Exam board apologises for error in French A-level exam after complaints that it was ‘appalling’ and a ‘travesty’

Practical pointers for keeping and growing your primary French or Spanish

Private schools uneasy over A-level languages grades, despite rise in top performers

August 30, 2016

Spanish lessons booming in English schools – despite decline in MFL teaching

Tongue-tied: Britain has forgotten how to speak to its European neighbours

Language GCSEs at risk of being too easy and too dull, universities warn

January 16, 2016

A quarter of pupils taking A-level languages are privately educated

December 17, 2015

GCSE results: language entries drop for second year running

August 21, 2015

Alarm over the decline of German and music

August 15, 2015

Foreign language learning ‘declining rapidly’ in Wales

French exams kick out les cliches

Ofqual orders improvements to A-levels in foreign languages

September 27, 2014

Coventry secondary school drops French for lessons in Spanish

Ditch French and German for Mandarin lessons, says David Cameron as his visit to China draws to a close

December 5, 2013

Mobile phone ‘text-speak’ boosts children’s language skills

English teenagers ‘worst in Europe’ at languages

February 16, 2013

Gove apologises to his former French teacher for being a ‘pathetic show off’

October 23, 2012