Here's selection of recent posts on the two systemic problems facing MFL, why they are so bad, and what we could do about it.
The impact of unfair grading:
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/08/unfair-grading-and-its-impact-in.html
Could the success of the languages for all pilot offer hope for being able to offer mainstream language learning post 16? https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/07/hope-is-in-air.html
The two things that need sorting to allow MFL to flourish. https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/05/can-we-sort-out-languages-in-english.html
A Level Spanish 2025. How they make the exam too hard for even the tiny minority who take it. https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/06/really-cool-translation-challenge.html
How bad is the reformed A Level? https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-problem-with-this-level.html
And worth getting it straight from the horse's mouth. Look at the contempt for language learning in this submission from the people who "reformed" A Level: https://alevelcontent.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/alcab-rationale-for-english-essay.pdf
The ugly reason why things are so bad for MFL post 16. https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2023/10/colonial-curriculum.html
One easy thing to put right: https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/01/one-thing-that-costs-nothing-which.html
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