ALL President on language teaching in the UK

You may have seen stories in the media in the last few days about a pronouncement by the Bishop of Bradford on language learning in the UK. The Bishop’s remarks were helpful in the sense that he emphasised the importance of language skills for UK citizens, but...

On the Snail Trail to success!

Congratulations to LinkedUp Project ‘On the Snail Trail’ – which has won a European Language Label, the EuroTalk Primary Education Language Prize and the Spanish Language Prize! This CLIL project integrates language learning in French, Italian,...

Saving the CILT Library collections

The CILT Library collections have, through action coordinated by ALL and partners been conserved for future generations. At Easter 2011 CILT- the national centre for languages was required to merge with CfBT and moved its operations from London to Reading. The...

Sir Tom Stoppard defends lesser taught languages

Protests against planned cuts at the University of Glasgow, which led to student rallies earlier in the year, have now reached the Scottish Parliament. The Petitions Committee of MSPs has heard evidence from a number of campaigners who want to save lesser taught...