Challenging the System. Part 2: A Vision of a System that Works

In an earlier post , I looked at how the system could hardly be worse for encouraging people to continue learning languages: Disjointed Transition at age 11, Unfair Grading at GCSE, and lack of mainstream language learning post-16. Within each of these stages, teachers and learners do a good job. But the system is designed to stymie them at every turn. It is not a failure of teaching. Good…