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Modern foreign languages

The school subject of languages such as French, Spanish or German.

Also called
MFL
Used in
All four UK nations (details may differ)
Topic
Curriculum

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CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) International
A six-level scale (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) for describing language ability.

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