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EDUCATION minister Jane Davidson said new methods of teaching foreign languages to primary school children in Wales were proving a success. Pilot projects were launched as part of the Assembly ...

PUPILS in Welsh primary schools should be offered foreign language lessons from the age of seven, it is claimed today. The move to create a ‘trilingual nation’ would also boost English and Welsh ...

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Many children are being subjected to "boring" language lessons in which they are repeatedly taught the basics such as how to count to 10 or say "bonjour", a study has found. Youngsters in the first ...

IN 2006 fewer than one in three pupils in Wales entered modern foreign language exams, compared with 68% in England, the lowest figure in more than 10 years. IN 2006 fewer than one in three pupils in ...

DOES a high school pupil really benefit from three hours a week, learning a foreign language for four years? West Dunbartonshire has some very concerning accolades; one of the worst regions to find ...

In a damning report published today, it was claimed that French, German and Spanish classes often descended into little more than rote learning to prepare pupils for exams. The education watchdog said ...

What are the challenges for modern foreign language learning in schools? A new BBC survey suggests they are being squeezed out of timetables in Wales - and some pupils think they are too difficult to ...

Modern languages lessons will be available for pupils in every primary school in England by the end of the decade, the government said. A target for an entitlement to language lessons for every child ...