{"id":15782,"date":"2023-06-30T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/?p=15782"},"modified":"2023-07-03T06:51:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T06:51:03","slug":"spanish-is-the-most-popular-a-level-language-in-schools-across-england-for-the-fourth-year-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/2023\/06\/30\/spanish-is-the-most-popular-a-level-language-in-schools-across-england-for-the-fourth-year-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish is the most popular A-level language in schools across England for the fourth year running"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/sites\/default\/files\/language_trends_england_2023.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2023\/07\/F0COU7AXwAAAZQo-725x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15785\" width=\"531\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2023\/07\/F0COU7AXwAAAZQo-725x1024.jpeg 725w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2023\/07\/F0COU7AXwAAAZQo-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2023\/07\/F0COU7AXwAAAZQo-768x1085.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2023\/07\/F0COU7AXwAAAZQo-1087x1536.jpeg 1087w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2023\/07\/F0COU7AXwAAAZQo.jpeg 1105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The British Council presented today the results of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/sites\/default\/files\/language_trends_england_2023.pdf\"> Language Trends England 2023<\/a> report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>For the fourth year running, Spanish continues to have the highest number of A-level entries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Official exam data show that, for the fourth year running, Spanish is the most popular language at A-level, replacing the long-standing tradition of French being in the top spot. The diverging trends noted in the graph below would suggest that Spanish now has the highest A-level entries and it is predicted that this trend will continue in future cohorts. It is interesting to recall that French continues to be the most taught language in primary schools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/sites\/default\/files\/language_trends_england_2023.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2023\/07\/graph.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15791\" width=\"416\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2023\/07\/graph.png 639w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2023\/07\/graph-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A-level entries in French, German, Spanish and Other Modern Languages in England 2015-2022  (Language Trends England 2023)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The three most popular languages on the school curriculum in England are French, German and Spanish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/sites\/default\/files\/language_trends_england_2023.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2023\/07\/figure.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15788\" width=\"466\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2023\/07\/figure.png 642w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2023\/07\/figure-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Percentage of responding state secondary schools offering each of French, German and Spanish (Language Trends England 2023)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>French continues to be the most popular language at Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14), taught in 87 per cent of responding state schools and 97 per cent of responding independent schools, followed closely by Spanish in 75 per cent and 93 per cent of state and independent schools respectively.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>French, German and Spanish remain the \u2018big 3\u2019 curricular languages; with planned revisions to the GCSE specifications in these languages to take place from 2024, there are exciting times ahead in the study and research of future language trends in England. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the whole Language Trends England 2023 report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/sites\/default\/files\/language_trends_england_2023.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British Council presented today the results of the Language Trends England 2023 report. Read the whole Language Trends England 2023 report here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,45],"tags":[1430,623,1439,1151,182],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15782"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15800,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15782\/revisions\/15800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}