by cristahazell | May 21, 2020 | Languages Today, Languages Today extended content
Cultural Capital has become a ‘buzz’ word in education since OFSTED introduced it into its new Framework last year. It is also a term that has met with confusion, and even intimidation, as teachers and leaders have grappled to understand what it means. This article...
by cristahazell | May 21, 2020 | Languages Today, Languages Today extended content
It seems to me that translation has had a rough deal in the languages classroom in recent years. When I heard that it was becoming more prominent on GCSE and A Level curricula I was delighted, as I’d spent years running translation workshops in various contexts, with...
by cristahazell | May 17, 2020 | Language News, News, Secondary News, Wales, What's New
What can be done to inspire an uplift for modern foreign languages across Wales in the future? Lucy Jenkins, the national co-ordinator for the Modern Foreign Languages Student Mentoring Project and also project development manager for Language Horizons, a digital...
by cristahazell | May 12, 2020 | ALL Local, ALL News, Language News, News, North East, Other Event, What's New
At a time when Language learning and cultural diversity in England are again under pressure it is nice to hear of projects that are championing an international ethos for personal, social and economic purposes. The city of Newcastle has set up International Newcastle...
by cristahazell | May 11, 2020 | Corporate Member, German Discussions, German event, German Network, German News, German Zone, Language News, News, Other Event, Secondary News, What's New
Call for Abstracts – Submission Open The next International German Teacher Conference (IDT2021) will take place in Summer 2021 in Vienna, Austria. The call for abstracts is open from 1st April until 15th September 2020 so please do get thinking about what you...