by cristahazell | Feb 16, 2026 | Languages Today extended content
Revolution? Evolution? The Curriculum Assessment Review 2025 Our first LLJ issue of 2026 is a special focusing on the Department for Education’s recent Curriculum Assessment Review. Following publication of the CAR Interim Report in the spring of 2025, The Language...
by cristahazell | Feb 16, 2026 | Languages Today extended content
ALL Council members hosted by the Goethe-Institut, meeting the GEMS (German Expert Mentors) in November 2025 As a Charity ALL is managed by a Board of Trustees (we call it the Management Board), supported by other volunteers in advisory roles. These include the ALL...
by cristahazell | Sep 29, 2025 | Languages Today extended content
In the classroom Being a Languages Learner in a primary school In many primary schools languages are being squeezed due to the pressures of the core curriculum, so it is important that we use the limited time we have creatively to make the learning experience...
by cristahazell | Sep 29, 2025 | Languages Today extended content
The Debate on Vocabulary What’s in a Word? Historical context and the relative importance of vocabulary teaching. It would seem obvious that learning new words is a vital part of language learning and yet, over the 30+ years that I have been teaching languages (at...
by cristahazell | Sep 29, 2025 | Languages Today extended content, Uncategorized
Being a Language Learner: Why Who We Are Matters as Much as What We Learn ‘Be curious, not judgemental’, famously featured in the television show Ted Lasso and often attributed to Walt Whitman, is a simple yet powerful invitation to approach others with openness...
by cristahazell | Sep 29, 2025 | Languages Today extended content
In conversation with… the Japanese Club at Birches Head Academy 2025 Why set up the Japanese Club? This year’s Language World Conference reignited my love for learning languages. I would consider myself a lifelong learner of languages, cultures and forever student...
