Our best ten apps for independent skill development In language lessons we are always short of time for reinforcement and for individual progress. As we know, beyond the school walls, learners need real motivation to carry on with their practice and extension, so we...
To make the case about Languages being valuable, practical and enjoyable teachers engage their learners in competitions, celebrations, performances and external events of different sorts. In this Best Ten we have collected some of our members’ favourites! GCHQ...
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...
A Year in the life of the ALL Decolonise Secondary MFL Curriculum Special Interest Group (SIG) Lisa Panford, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader of PGCE Secondary Modern Languages at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. This conference session at Language World 2021...
Being reflective in an international context Caroline Conlon, Associate Professor (Education) at the IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society where she is subject leader for PGCE Languages and an MTeach tutor. Previously, Caroline worked in London secondary schools...
Die berichtigte Übung macht den Meister? Luke Cheveralls, Head of German, The Grey Coat School, London and recipient of the Peter Boak Prize for outstanding achievements in teaching German in 2022. Whilst a unifying principle in foreign language teaching is the...
In the classroom: Using songs for language practice, and more Catherine Cantin teaches French to nursery and primary children. I love singing and dancing. I sing and dance at every opportunity; when I’m making a cup of tea, when I’m walking my children to school,...