List of Committees

Special Interest Group for Initial Teacher Education and Training

ALL's latest Special Interest Group, chaired by our President Elect, Ann Swarbrick, which is for members who work in Initial Teacher Education and Training.

The scene is changing rapidly in this sector with new organisations getting involved and people taking on roles in which they need the support and connections of their Subject Association. ALL is taking a role in supporting this field and actively recruiting new members from the sector.

We have now launched a discussion forum for members and others in this field. Please encourage people you know to join the conversation!

You can subscribe through this link: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ITET-LANGUAGES.

 

Events

Conferences in Poland in 2013

ALL members may be interested to know about these conferences in Poland in 2013 – calls for papers are open now.

Classroom-oriented research 2013 info and call for papers

Speaking 2013 info and call for papers

 

Language World Conference

This year saw the first ITET-Languages strand at Language World in Manchester with inputs from:

Colin Christie and Steven Fawkes - Conversation in the classroom

Jim McElwee - Very early language learning: a developmental psycholinguistic approach

Rachel Hawkes - Speaking: one skill or two? Findings, ideas and strategies from the languages classroom

Emma Marsden and Florentina Taylor - Pupil perception of language lessons and GCSE uptake

Angela McLachlan - Assessing the professional development of primary languages teachers; differentiated models at one HEI

Hugh Baldry, Julia Coleman and Natalie Sterman (TDA) - Beyond the EBacc - next steps in languages

We hope that this will be an annual event you can add to your diary. Additionally the ALL ITET-Languages steering group will be planning activity (and possibly events) for this important community.

Click here for more information about Language World.

 

News

Professional Development Consortium in MFL

A new project between the universities of Reading and Oxford has seen the establishment of a Professional Development Consortium in MFL. The consortium involves leading MFL classroom teachers and researchers who are working to establish a closer relationship between research-based principles of effective language teaching and learning, and current practice within the MFL curriculum. We want to invite all language teachers to join the consortium by attending one of our six workshops which will take place this summer. The workshops will exemplify how eight research-based language learning principles can be implemented in MFL classrooms with the aim of raising attainment among students. The subsequent dialogue between researchers and teachers of modern languages will continue, as the consortium seeks to apply the outcomes of the workshops to other areas of the MFL curriculum.

For further details, click here.

ForLang « A European approach to language teacher training » 03-07 Dec 2012

The Centre international d’études pédagogiques (CIEP) is pleased to invite you to the third session of ForLang, an annual event for European language teacher trainers!

Designed for an educational community increasingly faced with challenges requiring a European approach, ForLang offers a unique opportunity to enrich your professional practice.
 

What is it about?  A training course for European teacher trainers.
When does it take place?  From 03-07 Dec 2012
Which working language(s) will be used?  Lectures and workshops will take place in English.
Where does it take place? At the Centre international d’études pédagogiques (CIEP) in Sèvres (near Paris, France).
Is there funding available? Yes. Apply to your National Agency for an in-service training grant covering travel, accommodation and training fees by 29 Apr 2012.

Background
The idea of creating a common European forum for different levels of the language teaching community came about with the SemLang project, which culminated in a summer university for decision makers. ForLang, created as a follow-up to this event, is an annual meeting point for European language teacher trainers. See our website to find out more about the main results of the previous sessions!

For more information and to sign up: www.forlang.eu.