BBC – Staff Writer
“Education watchdogs have called for changes in the way modern foreign languages are taught to reverse a declining trend in pupils taking exams. The Welsh Government commissioned Estyn to undertake the study after a report last year found modern foreign language learning “declining rapidly” in Wales. There were 700 A-level language entries in 2015 compared with 1,152 in 2009. It found a fall in the use of the language as the means to instruct pupils, with teachers using English. The report, Modern Foreign Languages, partly blamed core curriculum requirements and limited option choices for a decrease in the number of students taking GCSE and A levels in languages.”(more)