David Blow, ALL Fellow and Executive Headteacher ALL, in conjunction with other organisations such as the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and Independent Schools Modern Language Association (ISMLA) have been active for nearly 20 years in raising the...
Sharing and developing practice The UK Government’s decision not to retain its membership of the Erasmus + scheme when the UK left the European Union brought to an end a series of projects in which ALL was successfully involved with European partners over several...
Fighting the good fight in six European languages – on Apple and Android – with elements of Augmented and Virtual Reality. Knights of the European Grail (KEG) is a game, developed by an Erasmus+ team, led by the Goethe-Institut, and available from later in 2023 for...
Breaking down boundaries – between languages and literacy Dick Hudson Language learning is all about building connections in the learners’ minds, and what could be better than connections to their own language and to the way they think? Here’s an example of how...
Clare Seccombe, author of this blog, has been sharing resources, purpose-made for the Primary Language classroom, for nearly 20 years. LT celebrates here Clare’s commitment to her colleagues, and the recent award she has richly deserved. All teachers, including...
To paraphrase JFK “Ask not what your German teacher can do for you, but what you can do for your German teachers.” His message of solidarity has relevance today at a time when the teaching and learning of German is once again feeling the pinch, despite a plethora of...
