by Wendy Newman | Aug 23, 2013 | News
Entries There has been a significant rise in the number of GCSE entries for languages in 2013 – Main languages taught: up 16.9% overall, with French up 15.5%, German 9.4%, Spanish 25.8%. – Other Modern Languages: up 5.1% but this compares to a much higher...
by Wendy Newman | Aug 20, 2013 | News
A British Chambers of Commerce survey released in June shows that more and more British firms wish to export goods abroad, but a shortfall in language skills and exporting know-how in the business community is preventing them from doing so. Knowledge of other...
by Wendy Newman | Jul 31, 2013 | News
Curriculum Update The Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, has today launched a statutory consultation on the draft legislative Order for the new national curriculum. The most important change regarding languages has been the removal of the...
by Wendy Newman | Jul 29, 2013 | News
New GCSEs in Modern Foreign Languages and Ancient Languages The subject content and assessment objectives for new GCSEs in Modern Foreign Languages and Ancient Languages have now been published. These are the criteria that Ofqual will use to regulate and...
by Wendy Newman | Jul 3, 2013 | News
CfBT Education Trust has now published the results of the Language Trends Survey 2012, a national survey of primary and secondary schools, revealing the multiple challenges for languages within the new English National Curriculum. The ‘Language Trends’...
by Wendy Newman | Jun 21, 2013 | News
The CILT Library collections have, through action coordinated by ALL and partners been conserved for future generations. At Easter 2011 CILT – the National Centre for Languages was required to merge with CfBT and moved its operations from London to Reading. The...
