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Looking Ahead: Specialist Language Degrees in Higher Education

Looking Ahead: Specialist Language Degrees in Higher Education. Friday 25 November 2005 Goodenough College, London. The New MFL Landscape. KS2 Framework for modern foreign languages. Languages for All: Languages for Life. Review of GCE Subject Criteria. General outcomes

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Looking Ahead: Specialist Language Degrees in Higher Education

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  1. Looking Ahead: Specialist Language Degrees in Higher Education Friday 25 November 2005 Goodenough College, London

  2. The New MFL Landscape KS2 Framework for modern foreign languages Languages for All: Languages for Life

  3. Review of GCE Subject Criteria • General outcomes • reduce to 4 units • further stretch • AS/A2 balance • progression to HE • suitable coursework • Outcomes specific to MFL • GCSE – AS – A2 progression improved • content to reflect teaching time • greater clarity about AO4 • coursework expectations clearer • decline in entries reversed

  4. Review of GCE Subject Criteria • Possible changes • extended writing only at A2 ? • move some grammatical elements to A2 ? • remove AO4 from AS + review weighting at A2 ? • review wording of AO2 ? • Issues to consider • more AS candidates than for A2 • AS candidates in KS4 • more HE students are on institution-wide language programmes than language degree courses

  5. The National Strategy for Languages “In the knowledge society of the 21st century, language competence and intercultural understanding are not optional, they are an essential part of being a citizen.”

  6. Percentage of French, German & Spanish GCSE entries, as a proportion of the total number of 15 year olds in England

  7. Trends in French, German & Spanish AS level entries

  8. Percentage of French, German & Spanish A level entries, as a proportion of the total number of A level candidates

  9. Fast-tracking Vocational pathways Wider range of languages New A Levels Languages Ladder

  10. The White Paper25 0ctober 2005 Higher standards, Better schools for All More Choice for Parents and Pupils http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/schoolswhitepaper/ Freeing schools from local authority control Leading professionals New providers SLCs in ITT Choice advisors National schools commissioner School improvement partners LA = Commissioning agent

  11. Promoting a greater national capability in languages

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