Dear all,

We are delighted to contribute to the current discussion around the census language questions and the GCSE content review with 7 new opinion pieces by academics, including LAGB members, and key stakeholders, available at http://www.meits.org/opinion-articles

Read and share,

Best,

Dora Alexopoulou

Editor, Languages, Society and Policy

Censoring multilingualism? Language questions in the 2021 Census by Mark Sebba and Wendy Ayres-Bennett

When Learners Become Linguists: Content – Culture – Community.  A Response to the GCSE MFL Content Review by Charlotte Ryland

Global Britain and the Question of Communication, by Charles Burdett

The proposed changes to GCSE MFL qualifications in England: the perspective of school leaders by Suzanne O’Farrell

The proposed changes to GCSE in Modern Languages: a teacher’s view by Vincent Everett

Comparing languages: thoughts on the new GCSE MFL specifications  by Richard Hudson

The DfE/Ofqual consultation on revised GCSE qualifications in Modern Foreign Languages – a view from linguistics by Michelle Sheehan, Alice Corr, Anna Havinga, Jonathan Kasstan, Norma Schifano and Sascha Stollhans