by cristahazell | Oct 6, 2021 | Languages Today, Languages Today extended content
The Translation Exchange at the University of Oxford was thrilled to receive over 1,000 entries in the first year of their Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators. The prize launched in September 2020, with the Translation Exchange team publishing 48 teaching packs...
by cristahazell | Oct 6, 2021 | Languages Today, Languages Today extended content
With the advent of the new Curriculum for Wales 2022, we are at the cusp of a seachange in the history of our education landscape. This purpose-led Curriculum is the first of its kind, having been written by teachers for teachers. At the heart of the Curriculum are...
by cristahazell | Oct 1, 2021 | Languages Today, Languages Today extended content, News
‘There are no passengers on planet earth, we are all crew.’ The British Council International School Award and wider schools offer. Did you know that as the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities, the British...
by cristahazell | May 24, 2021 | Languages Today extended content
“The process of teaching a foreign language should imply teaching the cultural aspects connected to such a language and not just its grammar and vocabulary.” (Cortés, 2007). Few would disagree but it is easy to be misled into thinking that language and culture can be...
by cristahazell | May 24, 2021 | Languages Today extended content
Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence Revisited Michael Byram Multilingual Matters, 2020, 200pp, £79.95 ISBN 1800410247 This is without doubt one of the best, most thought provoking books that I have read in recent years. The central message...
by cristahazell | May 24, 2021 | Languages Today extended content
This article represents my personal and professional reflections on the importance of language learning in general and the particular importance of language education post-pandemic. It aims to articulate a reimagining of language learning as a regenerative and...
