SPANISH, not French, should be the main foreign language taught in UK schools. That's the verdict of a journalist from The ...

A 2023 YouGov poll found that only 21% of UK adults can hold a conversation in a language other than their mother tongue. About half of the other 79% regretted not engaging more with languages at ...

LONDON (AP) — Polish is England’s second language, according to statistics published Wednesday, a dramatic illustration of the wave of immigration that has brought nearly 1 million Eastern Europeans ...

The poll found that 68% of respondents agree that learning a second language other than English should be compulsory in secondary school, while 64% said the same for primary education. “Parents are ...

The most spoken language in the UK is English, but what comes next? The census from 2021 indicated that there’s another language which many people living in Wales and England speak, but it’s not one ...

A scheme to enhance foreign language learning in schools has been launched in England, with the creation of a national Centre of Excellence supporting the teaching of French, Spanish and German.

England has become home to citizens from all across the world, enriching the cultural and linguistic tapestry of the country in the process. And the number of foreign languages being spoken across the ...

The decline of languages education in England is a familiar and depressing story. Take-up of French at GCSE is down from 25% in 2009-10 to 18% in 2024-25. German has halved in the same period from 10% ...

Students from less wealthy backgrounds are more likely to attend schools where learning a foreign language to GCSE is considered optional – and not necessarily even encouraged – new research shows.

Jonathan Kasstan receives funding from the British Academy. Michelle Sheehan receives funding from The British Academy and The Leverhulme Trust. Anna D. Havinga does not work for, consult, own shares ...