Guidance: GCSE modern foreign languages

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GCSE subject content for modern foreign languages

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This document details the learning outcomes and content coverage required for GCSE specifications in all modern foreign languages (MFL).

For GCSE MFL teaching from September 2024 and examination from summer 2026, this document will no longer apply to GCSEs in French, German and Spanish (except where pupils are resitting under the previous subject content) but will remain current for all other MFL subjects.

Read the subject content for French, German and Spanish GCSEs for first teaching from September 2024 and first examination from summer 2026.

Published 9 April 2014
Last updated 2 December 2022 +show all updates

2 December 2022
Updated the guidance to remove the expectation that students engage with unfamiliar material when reading and more abstract material when listening.
14 January 2022
Updated with information on GCSE French, German and Spanish for first teaching from September 2024 and first examinations from summer 2026.
16 December 2015
Updated 'GCSE subject content for modern foreign languages' to clarify grammar requirements.
3 February 2015
Added new document including updates to grammar lists.
17 December 2014
Updated for consistency in references to the title of the qualification.
9 April 2014
First published.

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