Modern Languages APPG
First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 06/10/2021
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TwitterTo explore the educational, skills-related, employment, competitive and cultural benefits of learning and using languages throughout the UK; to provide a parliamentary forum for information exchange and consultation; to encourage and support policies and action improving the take-up of languages in schools, further and higher education, in the workplace and in the community.
1. GCSE modern foreign languages subject content review panel
05/11/2019 - Department for Education
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GCSE modern foreign languages subject content review panel - GOV.UK
2. New centre for excellence to boost modern foreign language skills
10/01/2019 - Department for Education
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New centre for excellence to boost modern foreign language skills - GOV.UK
3. Language teaching in schools (England)
19/12/2018 - Parliamentary Research
Found: Baccalaureate and Progress 8: potential impact on languages 4. Other issues 5. Statistics: student and teacher
4. Increase in EBacc entries as modern foreign languages rise
24/05/2019 - Department for Education
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Increase in EBacc entries as modern foreign languages rise - GOV.UK
5. GCE subject-level conditions and requirements for modern foreign languages (listening, reading, writing)
21/04/2017 - Ofqual
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Found: Conditions
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Requirements
for
Modern
Foreign Languages
(listening, reading, writing)
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1. Schools: Modern Languages
09/04/2019 - Lords Chamber
1: foreign languages at GCSE is too low. While the percentage of those studying an MFL GCSE has increased from - Speech Link
2: and Wales have dropped A-level courses in modern languages. Part of the problem is that our universities - Speech Link
3: showing a drop of 7.3% in students taking foreign languages at GCSE and A-level, I invite the Minister to - Speech Link
2. Brexit: Foreign Language Teaching and Public Service Interpreting
23/01/2019 - Lords Chamber
1: interests as co-chair of the All-Party Group on Modern Languages and vice-president of the Chartered Institute - Speech Link
3. Modern Foreign Languages: Teachers
10/03/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: and encouragement to the teaching of foreign languages? For commerce and trade, they are vital. Also - Speech Link
2: Britain, we are encouraging the take-up of modern foreign languages. That is why they are included in the - Speech Link
3: how they should learn it, to equip them for the modern economy, to open up opportunity, to promote social - Speech Link
4. Education: Modern Foreign Languages
18/01/2018 - Grand Committee
1: assessment they have made of the importance of modern foreign language teaching in schools and universities - Speech Link
2: co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages, which is supported by the British Council - Speech Link
5. Leaving the EU: Student Exchanges
30/11/2017 - Commons Chamber
1: maths—and are making efforts to ensure that modern foreign languages are part of the EBacc. Nevertheless, language - Speech Link
2: later for people who could speak at least two languages. It is perhaps appropriate to mention my grandmother - Speech Link
3: Improving the take-up and teaching of modern foreign languages in our schools and ensuring that there - Speech Link
asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy
21/07/2020
... what assessment has she made potential merits of including a university degree (a) mostly taught and (b) researched in English from universities throughout in the world in meeting the B1 threshold of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. 2. Languages
asked by: Emily Thornberry
04/03/2020
... what discussions he has had with UN counterparts on the UN finding that two indigenous languages are disappearing each month. 3. Cemeteries: Languages
asked by: Conor McGinn
19/11/2020
... what the Church of England’s policy is on non-English language inscriptions on headstones in its graveyards. 4. Languages: GCSE
asked by: Gareth Thomas
28/09/2020
... how many secondary schools have dropped teaching of one or more foreign languages at GCSE in response to the covid-19 outbreak. 5. Languages: GCSE
asked by: Gareth Thomas
28/09/2020
... what discussions he has had with (a) school and (b) university leaders on the effects of reduced numbers of students being offered a GCSE in a modern foreign language as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
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6 Current APPG Officers
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Contact Details
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Nia Griffith MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4903.
Email: nia.griffith.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Philip Harding-Esch, c/o Vicky Gough, The British Council, 10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN. Tel: 07834 174 733
Email: appgmfl@gmail.com
Secretariat:
The British Council acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.britishcouncil.org/
Group's Website:
https://www.britishcouncil.org/education/schools/support-for-languages/thought-leadership/appg
Benefits in Kind
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The British Council
Secretariat From : 27/01/2021 To : 26/01/2022
£7,501
27 Jan 2020
The British Council
Secretariat From : 27/01/2020 To : 26/01/2021
£15,001
17 Jul 2019
British Council
Secretariat From : 17/07/2019 To : 16/07/2020
£15,001
17 Jul 2018
British Council
Secretariat From : 17/07/2018 To : 16/07/2019
£10,501
17 Jul 2017
British Council
Secretariat From : 17/07/2017 To : 16/07/2018
£10,501
1 Jul 2016
British Council
Secretariat From : 01/07/2016 To : 30/06/2017
£10,501
1 Jan 2016
British Council
Secretariat From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
£10,501
1 Jan 2015
British Council
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
£13,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Modern Languages APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Victoria Prentis
Vice Chair
Conservative - Banbury
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 24th February 2020
David Amess
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 23rd October 2019
Allergy , Bermuda , British Overseas Territories , Caribbean , Endometriosis , Epilepsy , Fairs and Showgrounds , Fire Safety and Rescue , Food and Health , Hairdressing, Barbering and Cosmetology , Human-Relevant Science , Learning Disability , Liechtenstein , Maldives , Maternity , Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Parkinson's , Performing Arts Education and Training , Pharmacy , Philately , Philippines , Photography , Publishing , Qatar , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Recovery from Addictions , San Marino , Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia , Zoos and Aquariums
Paul Maynard
Vice Chair
Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
Assistive Technology , Cerebral Palsy , Debt and Personal Finance , Future of Aviation , Penal Affairs
Baroness Sharp of Guildford
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Retired on 31 July 2016
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 21st July 2016