2024 Pearson Edexcel French, German and Spanish GCSE Resources - Your guide to our new resources - First teaching 2024, first assessment 2026

Oct 20, 2026

A guide to Pearson Edexcel’s new 2024 MFL GCSE resources for French, German, and Spanish, designed to help students connect with languages and make progress. It outlines the learning approach combining grammar progression, comprehensive vocabulary and phonics coverage, plus systematic exam preparation through engaging, topic-driven modules. The guide also details student-centred accessibility, culture and authentic materials, and teacher support for the 2026 assessment requirements, including vocabulary lists, grammar structures, phonics teaching, and assessment style.

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Reading Time25 min

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What’s in this guide?

Supporting you with the new changes

Course overview

Intelligent design: vocabulary

Intelligent design: mastering grammar

Student Books

ActiveHub: Front-of-class eBook

ActiveHub: Independent practice

ActiveHub: Assessment services

How we’re supporting you

Communication. Culture. Connection

1 2024 Pearson Edexcel French, German and Spanish GCSE Resources Your guide to our new resources First teaching: 2024 First assessment: 2026 Register your interest or find out more information at [pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/](pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/)[ ](pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/)MFLKS424 3 What’s in this guide? Communication. Culture. Connection..................... 3 Supporting you with the new changes .................... 4 Course overview ............................................................... 6 Intelligent design: vocabulary ..................................... 8 Intelligent design: mastering grammar................. 10 Student Books ................................................................. 12 ActiveHub: Front-of-class eBook .............................. 14 ActiveHub: Independent practice ............................ 17 ActiveHub: Assessment services ..............................18 How we’re supporting you.......................................... 19 2 © Getty/Andrea Comi Communication. Culture. Connection. Created with and for teachers, our brand-new resources for the 2024 Pearson Edexcel MFL GCSEs are designed to help all your students connect to and make progress in languages. More than words Teaching GCSE languages is about much more than simply ‘delivering’ a specification—we want to help students connect with languages and spark a curiosity that stays with them well beyond the classroom. In developing our 2024 resources, we have thought carefully about how to combine logical grammar progression, comprehensive vocabulary and phonics coverage and systematic exam preparation within engaging, topic-driven modules—to enable students to speak and write about the things that they care about most. Student-centred Like you, we are passionate about sharing and growing a love of languages. By putting students at the heart of our thinking, we have created resources that cater to the needs of all learners, regardless of their background, ability level or reason for studying a language. Accessibility and inclusion have been foremost in our minds as we develop the new GCSE materials, to ensure all students are supported, extended, and feel represented by these new resources. Relatable and engaging Language learning is as much about cultural connection as it is about vocabulary and grammar. You consistently told us that students make most progress in languages when they are engaged through real-life contexts and culturally authentic materials. Building on popular approaches from Dynamo, ¡Viva! Segunda Edición and Stimmt!, we have put culture and authenticity at the centre of these new resources, making it the launchpoint of all learning so that students are engaged, inspired and are developing into global citizens. Confident linguists To succeed in languages, students need to be able to confidently use and manipulate grammatical structures. We have worked with authors and experts to develop afresh, innovative approach to the teaching of grammar that helps students overcome the challenge of applying grammar in context. Exam readiness GCSE change can mean unfamiliarity with new types of assessment and the concern that students may not fulfil their potential in the final exam moment. Our new courses include comprehensive revision and assessment materials, matched to the style of the new exams, that support you and your learners in practising for and building confidence in the final assessments. Supporting you with the new changes The new French, German and Spanish GCSEs have been introduced for first teaching from 2024 and first assessment from 2026. These GCSEs incorporate new requirements as set out by the Department for Education and Ofqual. Key changes in the new GCSEs How our new courses support you Vocabulary lists The new Pearson Edexcel 2024 MFL GCSEs include specified lists of vocabulary that will be

FAQs

What is the purpose of this guide for the 2024 MFL GCSE resources?

It introduces Pearson Edexcel’s new French, German, and Spanish GCSE resources and explains how they support students to connect with languages, progress confidently, and prepare for the exams.

When will the new courses be first taught and first assessed?

The first teaching is in 2024 and the first assessment is in 2026.

How are vocabulary and grammar handled in the new GCSE resources?

Vocabulary includes specified lists assessed in both receptive and productive tasks, with planned introduction and recycling across modules. Grammar follows a logical, systematic progression with contextualised practice across all four skills.

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