Sentences with phrase «said modern foreign languages»

Not exact matches

«We have the euro economy in crisis - I think modern foreign languages are in the same place,» he said.

School Reform Minister Nick Gibb said: «All pupils should have the opportunity to study foreign languages as part of a core academic curriculum that prepares them for life in modern Britain.

Modern foreign languages was also found to be in shortage, but the committee said it was «not sensible» to fill shortages from teachers outside of Europe.

Malcolm Trobe, interim general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «We are concerned about the continuing decline in entries to A levels in modern foreign languages, and other «minority» subjects such as music and design and technology.

The announcement was made by Mike Buchanan, chair of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference (HMC), who said that the collaboration would «help arrest further decline in modern foreign languages».

The education secretary, Nicky Morgan, wants pupils to study English, maths, science, a modern foreign language and either geography or history until they are 16, but headteachers have said it would not be appropriate for some youngsters who might be better suited to a vocational route.

The many pupils in London who speak English as an additional language (EAL) or were multi-lingual made learning other languages «normal» in the capital, said Rachel MacArthur, a modern foreign languages consultant for the Harris Federation multi-academy trust.

The «dull» content of modern foreign languages lessons, which one delegate said was «intellectually insulting» to pupils, was being made worse by a decline in exchange trips that would otherwise bring vocabulary to life.

Ian Bauckham, executive principal of the Bennett Memorial Diocesan School and review chair, said: «Modern foreign languages in our schools are in a very fragile state.

David Shanks, a modern foreign languages consultant and leading practitioner for the Harris Federation, said some headteachers were so fearful they «simply wouldn't go to Paris» following terrorist attacks in November last year.

Leora Cruddas, director of policy at the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «We welcome the Mandarin programme because it is an investment in education and in a modern foreign language.

«The drop in attainment of grades A * to C and plummet in uptake of modern foreign languages are particularly disturbing, and do not bode well for Wales» future economic prospects,» Mr Millar said.

TDA chief executive Stephen Hillier said the UK had lagged behind the rest of Europe in modern foreign languages for too long.

NUT general secretary Christine Blower said: «Languages have long been among the subjects most severely affected by piecemeal changes to the secondary curriculum, especially the mistaken decision to make modern foreign languages optional.