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October 16th, 2006The government has announced a review of its strategy on teaching modern foreign languages in England’s schools, says this BBC article. There has been widespread concern since language learning was made optional past the age of 14 – triggering a rapid drop in the numbers taking GCSEs.
Education Secretary Alan Johnson said during education questions in the Commons that he shared the concern. He had asked Lord Dearing to carry out a review. If it concluded the strategy was wrong the government would listen.
The decline in languages featured prominently in reporting of year’s GCSE results. Entries in German were down by 14.2% while French declined by 13.2%.
Go to the BBC website for the full article.
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