by cristahazell | Jan 28, 2021 | News
Gary Chambers reflects on the life of Des Johnston 1944-2020 “The true artist is not one who is inspired but one who inspires others” (Salvador Dali). The languages teaching and learning community in Northern Ireland and across the United Kingdom more widely...
by cristahazell | Jan 28, 2021 | Language News, News, Secondary News, What's New
ALL is grateful to Sonja Fedrizzi from our sister organisation in Scotland (SALT) for sharing her thoughts on the New Normal. At the 2020 annual SALT conference, I was fortunate to share my experience of teaching ML in the ‘new normal’. My presentation,...
by cristahazell | Jan 28, 2021 | News, Primary Reviews, Secondary Reviews, What's New
The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book Alex Bellos Guardian Faber, 2020, 416pp, £14.99 978-1-783-35218-0 When ALL was asked to review this book, my interest was immediately sparked. Having always been interested in the development of languages and an avid puzzle solver, I...
by cristahazell | Jan 25, 2021 | Language News, News
This weekend, the Guardian reported that since Duolingo launched Welsh on it’s language learning app it is helping the Welsh Government towards reaching it’s goal of achieving 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050. To read more on how the National Centre for...
by cristahazell | Jan 21, 2021 | News
SchoolsWeek have reported that Ofsted received fifty times more reports from parents praising schools’ remote education offer than those complaining about it after Gavin Williamson urged parents to flag concerns to the watchdog. This is great news…for school and...
by charlottelr | Jan 20, 2021 | ALL Event, ALL News, Celebration, Competitions, Corporate Member News, French Zone, German Zone, Language News, News, Primary, Primary News, Secondary, Secondary News, Spanish Zone, What's New
We all know that Speaking a language confidently and coherently is an important thing, and forms a critical part of linguistic and cultural development for all learners of languages. One of the impacts of COVID-19 has meant that many pupils have had fewer...
