LAGB members are invited to submit a response to the Ofqual and DfE consultations on the Modern Foreign Languages GCSE Content Review 2021 before the deadline of 19th May 2021.

The Association for Language Learning (ALL) has a useful summary of the consultation here and a recorded webinar which outlines is detail the main changes. There are also documents summarising the main changes on the webinar page. 

The main change is the move to a fixed vocabulary list drawn from the 2000 most frequent words in a given language, assessment of reading aloud (as well as speaking) and the removal of prescribed cultural topics, with the idea being that topics will be based around the vocabulary lists.  

Links to the consultation document and online consultations can be found here:

DfE consultation document: https://consult.education.gov.uk/ebacc-and-arts-and-humanities-team/gcse-mfl-subject-content-review/

DfE consultation online: https://consult.education.gov.uk/ebacc-and-arts-and-humanities-team/gcse-mfl-subject-content-review/consultation/intro/

OFQUAL consultation: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/revised-gcse-qualifications-in-modern-foreign-languages/revised-gcse-qualifications-in-modern-foreign-languages