Languages for a Change

The longstanding predominance of French in UK secondary schools has threatened the survival of other languages in the curriculum. This report, based on research carried out in a broad sample of schools in England and Wales, makes a major contribution to the debate on foreign language provision and the scope for diversification. It investigates the number of teachers in the existing teaching force who have an `unused' language, the extent to which they have maintained their language since qualifying, and their retraining needs.