by Victoria Mitchell | Sep 10, 2018 | News, Primary Resources, Secondary Resources |
European Day of Languages 2018: a few ideas you may find useful! European Day of Languages takes place each year on 26 September. Activities: Council of Europe’s official European Day of Languages site: Includes quizzes, trivia, materials and games. SCILT...
by Victoria Mitchell | May 4, 2018 | Primary, Primary Resources |
Guest blog by Catherine Cheater, language consultant, author and ALL Fellow. What is the Primary French Project? The Primary French Project provides free materials that aim to support those who teach French in Key Stage 2. The materials have been created...
by Victoria Mitchell | Apr 20, 2018 | Primary, Primary Features, Primary Resources, Resources, Secondary, Secondary Features, Secondary Resources, Student, Student Features, Student Resources |
Ease into transition with a complete set of resources to help support your pupils as they leave Key Stage 2 and make the transition into Key Stage 3. ALL Connect is ALL’s CPD programme for teachers of languages at KS2 and KS3, which was introduced in September...
by Victoria Mitchell | Apr 12, 2018 | Features, Primary Resources, Resources, Secondary Resources, Student Features, Student Resources |
Guest blog by Rebecca Harwood At Christmas time our Teaching & Learning team give us all a #poundlandpedagogy present to use in a lesson and report back on. My first thought was a reluctant one – “great, more work” but this was quickly followed by a light...
by rachelm | Feb 17, 2018 | ALL News, Primary Resources, Secondary Resources |
The Association for Language Learning (ALL) wants to encourage all language teachers to keep on reading. To this end ALL has published a number of article collections to pique your interest and give you a burst of inspiration. Our articles and publications are written...
by Victoria Mitchell | Feb 8, 2018 | Primary Resources, Resources, Secondary Resources, Student Resources |
World Book Day, on 01 March, presents a wonderful opportunity to explore foreign language books! Why not plan ahead and use some of the following ideas and resources? Need a lesson idea? Why not try some of these: get your thinking cap on and dress up as a...
by Victoria Mitchell | Feb 1, 2018 | Primary Resources, Secondary Resources |
International Mother Language Day takes place on 21 February. It was created by UNESCO to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism: “Languages are the most powerful instruments of preserving and developing our tangible and intangible heritage....
by Victoria Mitchell | Jan 24, 2018 | Primary Resources, Resources, Secondary Resources, Student Resources |
The festival ‘La Chandeleur’ takes place in France on 2 February. Here is what you need to know: La Chandeleur, la fête des chandelles or la fête de la lumière is a religious festival in France – a day when people get to eat a lot of crêpes! There are various...
by Victoria Mitchell | Nov 29, 2017 | Primary, Primary Resources, Resources, Secondary Resources, Student Resources |
Please find below a selection of Christmas resources for German, French, Spanish and Italian. We hope you find them helpful for planning Christmas lessons and activities. Ideas for lessons or class activities Describe a snowman. Draw a snowman without your partner...
by Victoria Mitchell | Nov 8, 2017 | Primary Resources, Resources, Secondary Resources, Student Resources |
Martinstag (St.Martin’s Day/Martinmas) is a religious festival recognised and celebrated in Germany on 11 November. Very popular with children, it is dedicated to St. Martin of Tours who was known as a friend of the children and patron of the poor. Bonfires and...
by Victoria Mitchell | Nov 3, 2017 | Features, Primary Resources, Resources, Secondary Resources, Student Resources |
Guest blog by Jane Lea, teacher of MFL at Standish Community High School, Wigan, since 2000. Standish Community High School is a former ‘Language College’ and is fitted with a shopping street to allow students to practise their role-plays in a simulated environment....
by Victoria Mitchell | Nov 2, 2017 | Primary Resources, Resources, Secondary Resources, Student Resources |
Please see below for a list of resources to help commemorate Remembrance Day with your pupils. We hope you find these helpful. Letters, postcards and memoirs A collection of World War 1 letters and postcards in a range of languages can be found here. Prisoner of war...
