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GCSE Languages

Specifications designed to create confident language learners

Inspire your students' love of languages

Develop your students' language skills to their full potential with our new accredited GCSE French, GCSE German and GCSE Spanish specifications.

Want to help students have a positive attitude to language learning and recognise the value of speaking another language? So do we. That’s why our new specifications have been developed with engaging and relevant content – designed for learners of all abilities and backgrounds.

Planning to teach our new specifications?

Why choose AQA: accessible listening papers

Did you know our accessible listening paper features shorter extracts to avoid placing a burden on learners' memory?

Learn more about our language specifications and find out why AQA is the best option for your learners.

On-demand Preparing to Teach events

Watch on-demand as an expert trainer guides you through the requirements of the new specifications with opportunities to apply the mark schemes to example student responses. You’ll also discover more detail on the fantastic support and resources package we have available.

Support and resources

Looking for support? We’ve got everything you need, from new and updated resources to regular training and events to prepare you for first teaching.

Switching to AQA

  • Switching to AQA: from Eduqas

    Compare our new specification (first teaching 2024) to Eduqas (first teaching 2016).

  • Switching to AQA: from Pearson Edexcel

    Compare our new specification (first teaching 2024) to Pearson Edexcel (first teaching 2016).

GCSE French (8652)

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GCSE German (8662)

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GCSE Spanish (8692)

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Tel: 01423 534 381

Email: mfl@aqa.org.uk

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