By Esmeralda Salgado (Head of MFL & Spanish at King’s Ely Senior school in Cambridgeshire) Language learning is not an easy journey and there are many theories and methodologies based on different research on how our brain acquires a second language. Over the...
By Suzanne Graham (Institute of Education, University of Reading) and Robert Woore (Oxford University Department of Education) Fluent reading may appear effortless, but look beneath the surface and it is a feat of enormous complexity, underpinned by a wide range of...
By Angela Smith (Stafford Leys Primary School) Those of you with long memories may recall an article in the Languages Today magazine a couple of years ago detailing the Stafford Leys Primary School ‘Languages for the Future’ project. Having identified a training need,...
A summary of Languages Today magazine content in 2018-19 Autumn 2018 Lend an Ear – the power of listening in the language classroom. Spring 2019 Better Connected – the benefits of sharing ideas and connecting teachers with research. Summer 2019 All for one...
Languages Today is our termly member magazine, designed specifically for language teachers. It is free to members of the Association for Language Learning. It contains news from the language teaching world; ideas to help with your teaching; reviews of teaching...
Jane Driver, May 2019 Jane Driver, Language teacher and Assistant Principal at Queen Katharine Academy (QKA) in Peterborough believes that MFL teachers have a lot to offer in supporting EAL students with their linguistic development, particularly newly-arrived...
