Looking at A level grade boundaries.
To get an A Star grade in French (AQA), you must average 90%. The highest of any subject.
To get an E grade, 42%. Imagine getting a U with 41%.
In Chemistry, 20% is an E. 42% is a C. #ResultsDay2025
No wonder students are not taking MFL…
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Please please please sign this if it applies to you. Languages are so important and it is wrong that the biggest university in Wales is thinking of cutting them! 🇫🇷🇪🇸Achub Ieithoedd Modern yng Nghaerdydd / Save Modern Languages in Cardiff https://t.co/povOGLQFXj
🙄When will people stop comparing and just be glad the baby was bloody fed? This bottle-fed baby got 2 A*s, 6As and 3Bs, and I was very grateful to my Mum for a full tummy during the baby days 🍼
Lots of coverage today of the UK study that says breastfed kids are more likely to get good exam results.
This is the study: https://t.co/rUYRxQIOZR
I can't possibly write another article about this because you'll think I'm obsessed, so here's a Twitter thread about it instead:
Primary school teachers!
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@Willows_French Wow, what an incredible experience for every one taking part, especially for the great great grandson of that very special soldier. Sending all my love xx
This news won’t make Back to School headlines today, but it ought to be everywhere: Under this gov, a child born on 5th September 2006 can, if taken into care tonight, be placed in a hostel, caravan/barge with no guaranteed adult supervision. And their 15-year classmate, who is
Whatever language you learn to speak, sign, read or write, however you come to it & whatever you come to it for, another language takes you further, opens up new opportunities & brings people closer together. Learn a language & you'll learn more than you could ever have imagined.
When you learn a language, you’re not just learning grammar & pronunciation. You’re finding friendship & solidarity with other people, discovering new ways to read & write, experiencing life from a different perspective & making your world so much bigger. There’s nothing like it.
When you understand your first news headline in Mandarin or Korean, have your first (however brief) conversation in French or German, listen to (& sing) your first song in Spanish or Italian or write your first sentence in Persian or Russian, you know how exciting languages are.
Been meaning to create an interactive library of bilinguals/linguists in the UK since I got into teaching. It took a while 😂 but now it's here! #MFLtwitterati
If your aim is to be a top chef, diplomat, engineer, musician, doctor, footballer, pilot, designer or entrepreneur, another language can take you to the next level & make you stand out. Languages are not just for 'linguists'. A language makes a difference across the board.