Sentence examples for compulsory languages from inspiring English sources

The last government scrapped compulsory languages at GCSE level in 2004.

In a document outlining the reforms he blamed cuts to languages on the government's decision to end compulsory languages from 14, which has led to a reduction in the number of students opting to gain a language qualification.

'It's not a level playing field out there because schools have been playing dirty and saying you can do a language but it's in the same block as drama or other popular subjects, which loads it against us,' says Byrne, one of 50 academics who wrote to The Observer two years ago calling on the government to reverse its policy and reintroduce compulsory languages.

A return to compulsory language GCSEs is not an option.

In Denmark and Britain, legislation will now compel some immigrants to take compulsory language lessons.

6) Compulsory language and competence tests for doctors working in UK.

These are answers to the main question in the compulsory language-and-culture section, which receive absolutely no points.

This result cast doubt on the effectiveness of the forthcoming compulsory language and culture courses for recent immigrants.

The introduction of compulsory language teaching in primary schools is intended to reverse the dramatic decline in takeup at GCSE.

On the issue of the Tamil language, Mr. Karunanidhi said the Supreme Court had struck down attempts by the state government to make Tamil a compulsory language in school.

Scrapping the compulsory language element of the curriculum was a 'terrible mistake', says Nick Byrne, the director of the Language Centre at the London School of Economics.