1. The A Level Curriculum Looking Ahead: Specialist Language Degrees in Higher Education Friday 25 November 2005 Goodenough College, London

2. The A Level Curriculum The New MFL Landscape Languages for All: Languages for Life KS2 Framework for modern foreign languages

3. The A Level Curriculum Review of GCE Subject Criteria General outcomes reduce to 4 units further stretch AS/A2 balance progression to HE suitable coursework Outcomes specific to MFL GCSE – AS – A2 progression improved content to reflect teaching time greater clarity about AO4 coursework expectations clearer decline in entries reversed

4. The A Level Curriculum Possible changes extended writing only at A2 ? move some grammatical elements to A2 ? remove AO4 from AS + review weighting at A2 ? review wording of AO2 ? Review of GCE Subject Criteria Issues to consider more AS candidates than for A2 AS candidates in KS4 more HE students are on institution-wide language programmes than language degree courses

5. The A Level Curriculum “In the knowledge society of the 21st century, language competence and intercultural understanding are not optional, they are an essential part of being a citizen.” The National Strategy for Languages

6. The A Level Curriculum Percentage of French, German & Spanish GCSE entries, as a proportion of the total number of 15 year olds in England

7. The A Level Curriculum Trends in French, German & Spanish AS level entries

8. The A Level Curriculum Percentage of French, German & Spanish A level entries, as a proportion of the total number of A level candidates

9. The A Level Curriculum Fast-tracking Vocational pathways Wider range of languages Languages Ladder New A Levels

10. The A Level Curriculum Higher standards, Better schools for All More Choice for Parents and Pupils http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/schoolswhitepaper/ The White Paper 25 0ctober 2005 Freeing schools from local authority control New providers Choice advisors School improvement partners National schools commissioner Leading professionals SLCs in ITT LA = Commissioning agent

11. The A Level Curriculum

12. Promoting a greater national capability in languages