No AS-level entrants to the
first language exams had the misfortune to achieve the U grade, but this was the case for 2.5pc of students sitting Welsh as a second language at AS.
``It must become the norm that pupils who have sat
first language tests in Key stage 2 SATS at age 11 go on to study Welsh as
first language in secondary school.
The report also states that the proportion of pupils entered for Welsh
first language and achieving A*-C grades is "too low".
Welsh Liberal Democrats leader Jane Dodds, who is hoping to win the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election from the Tories, said: "Here in Wales we know that not speaking English as your
first language is no barrier to having a thriving community.
My advice remains pertinent (and a true friend tells you the truth): the only way the language of the Cymraeg (the ancient language of Britain) can be secured is by an increase in the birth rate of the
first Language core community.
Latest Government figures reveal 6,404 five-year-olds across Birmingham who had a different
first language were tested on seven key areas of development in 2018 - known as Early Learning Goals (ELGs).
Although the most commonly spoken LANGUAGE, Polish usually taught in schools Arabic was a
first language for 159,000 individuals, ahead of the 147,000 people who spoke French as their main language.
The research started with discussions and interviews with students, about where and how we might use a
first language. We asked students to consider if speaking another language was important.
A QUARTER of Kirklees schoolchildren do not speak English as their
first language.
NEARLY one in three primary school children in the West Midlands don't speak English as their
first language.
Snow (2006-2013) stated "People
first language was created by individuals who said, 'We are not our disabilities; we are people first.' It's not 'political correctness,' but good manners and respect" (p.