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“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...
“Language learning and international mobility go hand in hand in fostering essential qualities such as curiosity, empathy and effective communication. (…) It is time to shift our mindset towards valuing language skills and international experiences, ensuring that future generations won’t lose out.”, argues Sascha Stollhans from School of Languages, Cultures and Societies in his new piece The UK is...
Congratulations to Dr Clare Wright for hosting a very successful Northern Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Roundtable at the University of Leeds last week, co-organised by Prof. Monika Schmid from the University of York. The Northern SLA Roundtable brings together researchers from across the north of England to share their work related to second language acquisition, network and create joint...