@sophiasmithgaler: If you grew up in Britain, it’s likely “modern languages” at school meant three particular languages. But have you ever wondered: why? My book How To Kill A Language is available to buy now!

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darok362
DaRok :
French was the diplomatic language for centuries.
2026-05-18 16:23:08
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athomefcb
At Home with Fi 🌸 :
The second language we should all be learning mandatory is British sign language
2026-05-19 06:18:29
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lennonvl19
lennon :
I’d rather learn languages from across the British isles like Manx, Scots, Irish
2026-05-18 21:45:30
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milknsack
Grace :
Mine offered Mandarin ✌️😭
2026-05-19 00:32:39
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lefevre302
lefevre302 :
Latin too, if u went to Catholic school.
2026-05-18 17:04:12
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planetf1
planetf1 :
I wish I could speak Mandarin ….1.4 billion people
2026-05-18 19:33:05
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wetdry55
DelinquentFish :
Learning a romance and/or germanic language actually teaches you a lot about English and gives a strong base to Interpret other European languages too.
2026-05-19 04:27:33
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emb1304
Emb1304 :
I’m a secondary teacher (not MFL) and at my school the MFL department are trying to encourage students to take GCSEs in their “home languages”. So this is the first year some students will be doing exams for Italian and Urdu. We have so many other languages spoken but unfortunately not many have a strong ability in writing in their other languages and we don’t have the staff with the knowledge to support them. It’s an extra add on the students have to figure out on their own.
2026-05-18 15:31:26
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thebutterflycrew
Elle, Jack and Butterfly :
Introduce BSL!
2026-05-19 04:52:01
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googuy42
Cyba :
In France they just started (I think, I’ve been out of primary school for a while) offering Arab as a language learning class, which I found very cool and I lowkey wish I had had that because it’s such a useful and history pact language.
2026-05-18 15:19:31
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mick_wayne
Mick Wayne :
In Texas high school we had French because Louisiana is next-door and Spanish because Mexico is next-door and German because there’s towns that spoke German, and Latin
2026-06-15 04:24:53
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joefeen66
Joey :
I want to learn BSL but nooooo it’s not like it’s incredibly important
2026-05-18 19:42:50
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choudhuryshafayeth
Shaf :
When I was in school one of my teachers mentioned this. He said we really should be learning Mandarin and Hindi since they're more popular, and also pointed out how useless the language classes are
2026-05-22 22:12:57
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4xotc
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I learned spanish, and i'm doing it for a-level, but i do feel like welsh would have been a nicer option as it's literally a national language of the UK. although, i do live in england.
2026-06-06 23:05:15
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helderadrol
helderadrol :
You learn what has more speakers globally . Portuguese Spanish Italian French English
2026-05-19 12:17:05
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saintmaqrut
Maqrut :
I’m from Malta, so we use a British education system. This is interesting.
2026-05-18 21:31:15
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tuath101
tuath101 :
Guau, can you do a GCSE in Irish in the UK? I would have thought so
2026-05-25 20:53:38
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bordelot
Tâma Lé Jèrriais 🇯🇪 :
We should all be learning through our heritage languages
2026-05-25 20:52:26
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m3talal1ce
Alice :
Mine offered Japanese as an extra gcse
2026-05-19 08:04:43
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bonnieb00_
bonnieb00_ :
Honestly I'd of loved to learn one that is spoken within the UK... Welsh
2026-05-20 05:27:36
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Learning any foreign language opens a new dimension, especially if you go and live in that country. French opens the door to France, Switzerland, Belgium, Morocco, Quebec and much more
2026-05-18 20:25:10
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thomaswicks33
thomas :
I do Spanish and mandarin!
2026-05-18 20:58:32
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paigedavis007
Paige Davis :
Grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and we had Russian and Japanese immersion programs as well as more languages available in high school including French, German and Spanish!
2026-05-18 20:36:29
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samwaessa
Samian :
What about Latin?
2026-05-19 10:34:54
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