Language Learning at Key Stage 2: A Longitudinal Study

In 2006, a team of researchers from the Open University, the University of Southampton and Canterbury Christ Church University were commissioned by the Department of Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to conduct a three-year longitudinal study to:

• review existing evidence on the impact of language learning on pupils
• investigate the nature and quality of the provision of language learning at Key Stage 2 (children aged seven to eleven years old);
• assess its impact on pupils' learning in languages and across the curriculum.