Modern Foreign Languages
A language qualification increases a person's chance of getting a job or college place.
In a country where so few people speak a foreign language having one in your profile is a highly respected skill and could offer many advantages in life.
A language is an essential part of a broad education and balanced GCSE programme.
Higher employability and higher wages - it’s got to be worth it.
French is spoken by 113 million people as a first language, and a further 190 million a second language second language.
- German is spoken by one hundred million people
- 100-110 million people are learning French NOW in order to communicate with foreigners
- German is the most widely understood language in the whole of Eastern Europe
- French is the only language apart from English spoken as a native language on 5 continents
- German is the fourth most widely spoken language in the world
- French is the second most commonly used language on the internet
- German is useful to anyone hoping to study engineering, medicine or business
- French is officially ranked as the second most influential language in the world
- German speakers are welcomed by firms who have an interest in overseas sales
- French is the third most commonly spoken non-English language in US homes, and the second most commonly taught language in US schools
- German firms are our fiercest competitors
- French is an official working language in dozens of international organizations
- 20% of North-East businesses believe they could double their trade with better language skills in the workforce
- Take a language with business or science and you at least TREBLE your employment opportunities
Staff
- Mr C Mason - Head of Department
- Mr H Bailey
- Mr J Roders
- Mrs P Reilly