by cristahazell | Mar 11, 2022 | Language News, News, Online Event, Practitioner Focus, Primary, Primary News, Secondary, Secondary News
Dyslexia and language teaching A new course from Futurelearn runs from 25th of April – 22nd of May 2022. This exciting course is offered by Lancaster University in cooperation with FutureLearn and takes place over four weeks entirely online. It is aimed at teachers of...
by cristahazell | Jan 15, 2022 | ALL News, Language News, News
The Government believes that focusing on key ‘building blocks’ will build students’ confidence and motivation, but some teachers fear that cultural topics and themes could be squeezed from the curriculum. The school curriculum for French, German and Spanish is to be...
by cristahazell | Jan 14, 2022 | Language News, News
Teachers criticise DfE decision, saying narrow focus on grammar and vocabulary will put students off. The government is to push ahead with controversial changes to languages teaching in schools, which would see pupils in England memorising lists of 1,700 words...
by cristahazell | Jan 14, 2022 | ALL News, Language News, News
The Association for Language Learning released a statement in response to the DfE GCSE MFL Subject Content Review. You can read the full statement here: Response to DfE GCSE MFL Subject Content Review announcement.
by cristahazell | Nov 25, 2021 | ALL News, Language News, News, Secondary News
JOINT STATEMENT, 25TH NOVEMBER 2021 GCSE Modern Foreign Languages Please read the joint statement from the Association for Language learning alongside other language associations, unions and exam boards united in the call for a rethink of reform of GCSE Modern Foreign...
by cristahazell | Oct 9, 2021 | Language News, News
Adults can learn a second language as fast as children, reports a new study—and it’s only the conditions in which a child learns a second language that’s given kids a reputation as such fast learners. This means that adults can develop the increased neural connections...
