AQW 50288/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 02/07/2026
Answered On Date: 15/07/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any literature review of current approaches and methods to teaching modern languages in the 11-14 age range that was undertaken in the development of the draft Key Stage 3 Curriculum Framework for Modern Languages, including whether this was presented to teachers on the Modern Languages working group.

Answer:

As with all Subject Working Groups (SWGs), the modern languages group considered a range of relevant literature and research as it developed the subject framework for consultation.

In addition, all groups considered materials on international models, current curriculum context and information from an open survey of practitioners and academics.