1、Language Trends 2023Language teaching in primary and secondary schools in EnglandSurvey report by Ian Collen www.britishcouncil.orgLANGUAGE TRENDS 202302The British Council is pleased to present the results of Language Trends England 2023.There is lots of positive news,naturally some areas for furth

2、er development and an abundance of evidence that teachers are consistently delivering engaging language lessons to children and young people.Language Trends is an annual survey of primary and secondary schools in England,designed to gather information about the situation for language teaching and le

3、arning.Its aims are:(i)to assess the impact of policy measures in relation to languages;and(ii)to analyse strengths and weaknesses based both on quantitative evidence and on views expressed by teachers.Since 2015 there has also been an annual survey in Wales,and since 2019 a biennial survey in North

4、ern Ireland;reports can be found on the corresponding countrys British Council website.1 The Language Trends series shows general shifts in data and seeks to provide a springboard for teachers,school leaders,academics,inspectors,policy makers,school pupils and the public to consider aspects of langu

5、age learning more deeply.This years report builds on the twenty-year history of Language Trends.In subsequent reports,we have exciting plans to include the views of young people through a UK-wide pupil pulse survey,the results of will be published by Autumn 2023.In the future,we hope to include more

6、 qualitative research with teachers and pupils to help us understand the language learning and teaching landscape.On behalf of the British Council and Queens University Belfast,we would like to offer our sincere thanks to teachers for participating in our research.Without teachers participation,our