Good news but more action needed Today’s GCSE news has been greeted with cautious optimism by ALL officers and members. It provides a spark of hope after the disappointing A level languages statistics last week and recent stories in the media that recruiting...
The winners in 2013 included: Arabic Online Arabic is entirely surrounded by myths. It is seen by many European learners as a very difficult language to learn, with a complicated grammatical system, too many exotic sounds, complex vocabulary and an indecipherable...
Asset Languages The Discussion List was very busy with debate about the decision of OCR to revise its provision of accreditation through Asset Languages. Here is a Briefing note re Asset Languages prepared by Teresa Tinsley from ALL’s Executive Council. Various...
UK winners of the European Language Label 2013 They include: Arabic Online Arabic is entirely surrounded by myths. It is seen by many European learners as a very difficult language to learn, with a complicated grammatical system, too many exotic sounds, complex...
The Headlines: Across all subjects, entries for A-Levels are down by 1.3% compared to 2012. A-Level language entries (including Irish and Welsh) have fallen by 5% overall – they now make up only 3.9% of all subject entries (3.8% discounting Irish and Welsh)...
