by Wendy Newman | Apr 30, 2016 | Portuguese news, World Languages
Update April 2016 Language Trends Survey 2015/16 This week, the results of the 2015/16 Language Trends survey were published. This important annual research is carried out by the British Council and Education Development Trust, supported by ALL and ISMLA. The Language...
by Wendy Newman | Apr 22, 2016 | Arabic News, Italian News, Japanese News, Language News, Mandarin news, News, Portuguese news, Russian news, Secondary, World languages news
GCSE & A Level qualifications in lesser taught languages to continue Following the reform of GCSE and A level qualifications, the exam boards announced in March 2015 that they would not be continuing to offer GCSE and A level qualifications in a number of smaller,...
by Wendy Newman | Jul 23, 2015 | ALL News, Arabic News, Italian News, Japanese News, Language News, Mandarin news, News, Portuguese news, Russian news, World languages news
Exam boards choose not to redevelop GCSE and A level exams in small-entry languages With the introduction of new GCSE and A level specifications for languages from 2016 (for French, German and Spanish – 2017 for other languages) – some exam boards have announced their...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | German Practice, German updates, German Zone, Portuguese news
Billy Brick (Coventry University, Coventry) INTRODUCTION Most UK HE institutions provide the opportunity for students to study a foreign language or languages alongside their main degree subject. Institution-wide Language Provision (IWLP) sometimes referred to as...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | Portuguese articles, Portuguese events, Portuguese news
Maria José Veiga (Researcher at the University of Aveiro, Transmedia Portugal) INTRODUCTION In the second half of the 20th century, foreign language teaching methods within the Portuguese Education system have proved to be translation resistant. By the end of the...
