Sentence examples for took a language from inspiring English sources

That number is slowly rising, but this year it was still only 44% of the cohort who took a language.

North Salem took a language teacher, Karen Hickson from the program, as well as Ms. Barham, but hired a math teacher outside the program.

A total of 302,500 took a language GCSE, compared with 321,000 last year and around 332,000 in 2013.

After enlisting in the Army, on a whim she took a language aptitude test that changed her life.

In 2001, eight out of 10 teenagers took a language GCSE, but this had dropped to 40% by 2010.

Before the trip, she scanned some old photos from when she took a language course there from 1986 to 1987.

The number of students taking a language degree is at the lowest level in a decade.

Next summer 54% of GCSE pupils are expected to take a language exam, the highest proportion since 2005, when the figure was 60%.

But is technology alone enough to persuade 16 year-olds of the substantial benefits of taking a language further?

Since 2004, when studying a foreign language beyond age 14 became optional in state schools, the number of students taking a language at GCSE has dropped dramatically.

After 2004, when the Labour government dropped languages as a compulsory subject at key stage 4, the proportion of pupils taking a language GCSE plummeted.