In 1993, Bridley Moor High School in Redditch, England, tested the effectiveness of accelerated learning methods for studying a foreign

language. One group of students' German study included ten weeks of accelerated learning methods, and their examination results were compared with others studying at the same level by conventional methods. On July 16, BBC television broadcast the examination results. Using new techniques, more than ten times as many students achieved a 90 percent pass mark.

Sources: School examination results from Mrs Val Duffy-Cross, Assistant Head, Bridley Moor High School, Redditch, U.K. Television program on BBC Midland TV, July 16, 1993. Course materials and methods from Accelerated Learning Systems, Aston Clinton, Bucks, England: the course outlined on page 177, and used also by the Sydney high school with its French results reported on pages 329 to 333. The course is designed for do-it-yourself home study, but can be supplied with an optional kit for teachers.