Languages
Children learn Welsh second language as a compulsory subject up to the end of their GCSEs before being able to continue or choose new subjects if they choose to stay for 6th form. French is also taught and the school provide an annual exchange trip. Extra curricular clubs for learning German and Spanish are also available for students.
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Famous quotes containing the word languages:
“It is time for dead languages to be quiet.”
—Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972)
“No doubt, to a man of sense, travel offers advantages. As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. A foreign country is a point of comparison, wherefrom to judge his own.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.”
—Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1934)