by rtaylor | Aug 27, 2025 | Competitions, Events
We all remember and love the verses we learnt as children from families and friends, wherever we are from. Share with us your children’s multilingual texts / verses / ‘nursery rhymes’ In September 2025 we launch the FREE Twinkl / ALL resources around ‘nursery rhymes’...
by rtaylor | Aug 26, 2025 | ALL Local, Competitions, Events, North East, North East Event
Hearts and Minds 2025 This year’s EDoL writing competition shared its theme with the Europe-wide Day of Languages: ‘Languages open hearts and minds’. We asked language learners to focus on the words ‘hearts’ and ‘minds’. As ever we particularly enjoyed the many pieces...
by rtaylor | Aug 21, 2025 | ALL News, Language News, News
The welcome adjustments in June 2024 which brought grading in GCSE French and German in line with GCSE Spanish continue in 2025 for this last year of the existing GCSE specification. Originally announced in 2019, the first phase was implemented in 2023 and the final...
by rtaylor | Jun 24, 2025 | ALL News, Language News, News
The Association for Language Learning together with Universities Council for Foreign Languages and the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies collaborated on this response to the interim report from the Curriculum and Assessment Review Panel and explored...
by rtaylor | Apr 14, 2025 | Teacher Briefings
Background: This report is general (not subject-specific) and indicates the sense of direction of the Review launched in July 2024. The report draws on evidence submitted by over 7,000 submissions. The Association for Language Learning submitted its response –...
