by cristahazell | Sep 29, 2025 | Languages Today extended content
In conversation with … Heidi and Jessica, with support from their teacher Gina Hall For the past few years, children in our primary school have prepared for the #Celebrate Speaking event. This festival, which is always held in February, is managed by the British...
by cristahazell | Sep 29, 2025 | Languages Today extended content
Language Learning Journal Being a language learner or ‘Who am I in this language?’ It’s obvious that you can’t be a language teacher without being a language learner, but as a teacher, it’s easy to forget what being a learner is like. Another language can feel...
by cristahazell | Jun 2, 2025 | Languages Today extended content
How do we navigate gender neutrality within a gendered language? The non-binary pronouns ‘they/them/their(s)’ have become widely adopted, used and understood in the English-speaking world, giving voice and visibility to those who don’t feel included within the gender...
by cristahazell | Jun 2, 2025 | Languages Today extended content
Membership – 25 years of creative pedagogies in the language classroom, and why the battle for creativity is worth fighting for. I came to England as a Foreign Language assistant in September 2000. Adapting to teaching French as a foreign language was the best thing...
by cristahazell | Jun 2, 2025 | Languages Today extended content
What does it mean to be a language teacher? What does it mean to be a language teacher? There is a rich strand of research on this and in The Language Learning Journal, we have recently published a number of related articles. Particularly useful as an overview is a...
by cristahazell | Jun 2, 2025 | Languages Today extended content
Jane Birtwistle is a qualified MFL secondary practitioner with over 25 years of experience teaching languages from EYFS to KS5 across various state sector schools. She currently serves as the Primary Languages Lead across five primary schools in Greater Manchester,...
