by Wendy Newman | Jun 11, 2013 | News
Your Association needs you! Nominations are now open for the following positions in ALL for the period 2013-2016: • ALL (Executive) Council members (three year term of office from 1 September 2013) These are important roles within ALL and give full individual...
by Wendy Newman | Jun 6, 2013 | News
Just to say… thank you! ALL is an educational charity with a very small salaried staff of just four in its main office. We rely on volunteers across the UK to help us to provide so much of what we do – organising, running and speaking at events, locally,...
by Wendy Newman | Apr 12, 2013 | News
Last week’s announcements on the draft National Curriculum for England, Michael Gove’s U-turn on the EBacc Certificates and the news of further consultation on performance measures at Key Stage 4 (the EBacc) have been received by officers and members of...
by Wendy Newman | Mar 20, 2013 | News
The BBC languages website (bbc.co.uk/languages) is no longer being maintained, as a notice on the site indicates. ALL contacted the BBC’s Controller of Learning, Saul Nasse, who stated that the BBC is creating a new online area to contain its educational...
by Wendy Newman | Mar 7, 2013 | News
In their recent report, Languages: The State of the Nation, the British Academy has warned of a "vicious circle of monolingualism" despite rising global demand for language skills: as too few UK students are studying too narrow a range of courses at...
by Wendy Newman | Feb 28, 2013 | News
The European Language Label is an award for innovative language-learning projects open to all languages. It is funded by the EU Commission and has been running for over 10 years with great success in all EU member states. In the UK, the Label is managed by CfBT...
