New article on languages GCSE results by Sascha Stollhans in the Conversation

“The 2024 GCSE results reveal that more young people in schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are opting to study a language. (…) However, while these modest gains are encouraging, (...) the number of GCSEs in many languages has not risen proportionally to the overall population of 16-year-olds who took their GCSEs this year ”, argues Sascha Stollhans, Pro-Dean for Student Education & Associate Professor of Language Pedagogies in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, in his new piece GCSE results: more young people are studying languages – but the overall picture for language learning remains bleak in The Conversation.

The article discusses the reasons behind the wider decline in language learning in the UK and the changes required to inspire more people to learn languages.

Read the full article: https://theconversation.com/gcse-results-more-young-people-are-studying-languages-but-the-overall-picture-for-language-learning-remains-bleak-237252