Cambridge Lower Secondary

Teacher Resource

Understanding each other

Which languages are most often taught in schools?

Language teaching at Pinehurst

1. In what language are students taught at Pinehurst?

English

2. At what age is the first additional language introduced?

Year 2

3. What is that language?

Spanish, Mandarin

4. At what age can children choose an additional language to learn?

Year 9/10
5. When students have the choice of learning an additional language, what is the most popular choice?
Normal

6. How much time is spent in teaching other languages at different ages?

7. Are lessons ever taught in the target language (for example science taught in French)? If so, at what
age does this occur and for how long?

8. Have there been any changes in the last ten years to language teaching, such as the language in
which lessons are taught, or additional languages being taught?

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