by Victoria Mitchell | May 11, 2018 | Secondary, Secondary Resources |
Do your GCSE/Higher French students know their adverbs from their adjectives? Or their pronouns from their prepositions? Help is at hand! BBC Teach has launched a new series of ten short films to support GCSE/Higher French grammar teaching (mapped to the MFL...
by Victoria Mitchell | May 10, 2018 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features |
The World Cup begins on 14 June 2018. To make sure you are prepared, take a look at the following ideas and resources we have compiled. Link your language lessons to football Work in teams…arrange your classroom in groups and give each table a country or team name...
by Victoria Mitchell | May 3, 2018 | Features, Secondary Features, Secondary News, Student, Student Features, Student News |
Spring seems to be the time of year where debating and speaking competitions come to the fore. ALL would like to share its involvement in these events, the ways in which ALL members can become involved, and a range of resources to enhance your teaching of speaking....
by Victoria Mitchell | May 3, 2018 | Secondary Features, Student Features |
Guest blog by David. K. Slide, Head of Languages, Bristol. It’s 10am on a dull Tuesday morning. Period 2. Year 8 has entered the classroom. 30 pupils. As I close the door I am overcome with a sense of freedom. Free from data, free from book reviews, free from...
by Victoria Mitchell | Apr 27, 2018 | Secondary Reviews, Student Reviews |
Title: Becoming an Outstanding Languages Teacher By: Steve Smith Price: Paperback: £16.99 David Shanks ALL Council Member and Harris Federation MFL Consultant Following on from co-authoring “The Language Teacher Toolkit” (2016), Steve Smith has written another...
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 20, 2018 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features |
As the end of the year approaches, why not plan a themed celebration of languages? General ideas for a themed day: Invite children to come to school dressed in the colours of the flag of the language they are learning or as a famous person from that country Decorate...
by Victoria Mitchell | Feb 2, 2018 | Secondary Features, Secondary Resources, Student Features |
Guest blog by Rebecca Harwood, Head of Languages. From the positive attention my recent “Keep Cool” display board generated on my departmental Twitter account, I am sure I am not the only teacher feeling ever so slightly anxious about her cohort’s summer 2018 MFL exam...
by Victoria Mitchell | Jan 24, 2018 | Features, News, Primary Features, Primary News, Secondary Features, Secondary News, Student Features, Student News |
Are you a French teacher? A teacher of other subjects in French? A trainer? A language leader or coordinator? A French language assistant ? A student teacher ? A head of school or language department? Becoming a member on IFprofs is FREE and will help you: 1) Find...
by Victoria Mitchell | Jan 19, 2018 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features |
Guest blog post by Jane Harvey, ALL President Elect News and Events – keeping you updated I’ve been having a good look at what there is under the News and Events tab on the ALL website – and very worthwhile it was. I started with Consultations. Influencing...
by Victoria Mitchell | Jan 17, 2018 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features |
Guest blog by Peter Downes The recent British Council publication ‘Languages for the Future’ spells out clearly the challenge facing the MFL fraternity in the UK. MFL are fading in both the secondary and HE sectors at precisely the time when we are going to need more...
by Clodagh Cooney | Dec 11, 2017 | Features, Language Futures, Secondary, Secondary Features |
Language Futures is an exciting, highly personalised and innovative approach to languages teaching and learning. It has been designed to foster deep learner engagement and enable students to take responsibility for their own learning, which they are encouraged to...
