This analysis of the UK A level entries and outcomes is designed to get under the skin of trends for A level subjects and to challenge some of the findings of the JCQ, the body that releases the results data on behalf of the main A level awarding bodies. We repeat our call from last year for JCQ to release the data in readable files to aid analysis, and we urge them to learn the difference between ‘per cent’ and ‘percentage points’ – it makes a difference. More...
Spanish becomes most popular foreign language at A-level, overtaking French for first time. More...
Languages departments are closing as undergraduate numbers fall. This must change to protect the UK’s international relations. More...
For decades, Australian schools have focused on teaching Asian languages to strengthen our opportunities in Asia. One of the four target languages has been Standard Chinese, or Mandarin, the official language of mainland China. More...
They weren’t getting it.
I had a room full of bright first-year university students in front of me, but confusion reigned as I tried to describe how embedded fossil fuels are in every aspect of society. More...
Research in recent years paints a different picture. Language researchers now recognize that more and more babies are growing up in families with two or more languages. According to Statistics Canada, in 2016, 19.4 per cent of Canadians reported speaking more than one language at home, an increase from 17.5 per cent in 2011. More...
Research has shown that children are highly successful learners if they have a lot of exposure to a new language over a long time, such as in the case of child immigrants who are surrounded by the new language all day, every day. In such a scenario, children become much more proficient in the new language over the long term than adults. More...
Language can be beautiful, especially for the marketer. It can persuade, inspire, inform, illuminate, challenge, intrigue, motivate and stay in the audience’s mind well beyond the conclusion of a campaign, landing page, ad, or social post, if wielded with deftness.
Trying to understand this growing presence on campuses? Tim Renick and Drew Magliozzi explain key terms and why they matter. More...
An AI program developed by Alibaba has notched up a record-high score on a reading comprehension test. The result shows how machines are steadily improving at handling text and speech. More...
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