ALL Positions for 2014-2017

ALL is delighted to announce that the following positions within the Association for 2014-2017 will be filled by: ALL Council members Sue Balmer – Sue has had a long career in teaching modern languages, and has worked as an Advanced Skills Teacher and adviser to...

Recent news

The Association for Language Learning would like to express its shock and sadness at the death of Spanish teacher Anne Maguire yesterday, killed while teaching her year 11 Spanish class. Tributes pouring in from staff, parents and pupils of Corpus Christi Catholic...

DfE calls for bids for CPD

Department for Education calls for bids for CPD for modern foreign languages in primary and secondary schools The DfE has today announced a call for bids to support the new programmes of study at key stages 2 and 3. For further details, please click here. Interested...

Primary languages in the spotlight

The view from the red sofa Primary practitioner and ALL Primary Special Interest Group member Catherine Cheater was invited onto BBC Breakfast this week to talk about primary language teaching. In the run up to compulsory language learning in Key Stage 2 from...

Lost for words

UK language capacity in the fields of diplomacy, international relations and security As the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague, recently stated: “Diplomacy is the art of understanding different cultures, and using this...