by Clodagh Cooney | Dec 3, 2018 | Secondary, Secondary News, Secondary Reviews, Student, Student News, Student Reviews, Uncategorized |
Thanks to ALL Council Member and West of England Branch Chair Crista Hazell for reporting on the Inside Government Modern Foreign Languages 2018 conference An MFL conference is always exciting, the whole day committed to all things MFL, just brilliant! The national...
by Clodagh Cooney | Nov 15, 2018 | Corporate Member News, Features, Primary, Primary Features, Secondary, Secondary Features |
Summer 2018 was to be my first experience of empty nest syndrome. Seeing my daughters off for a summer of travel, evoked memories of my own student days, spending carefree months immersed in foreign cultures. So it was sheer excitement when I saw a post on LiPS...
by Clodagh Cooney | Oct 18, 2018 | Features, Primary, Primary Features, Secondary, Secondary Features |
Here ALL members Laura Simons and Lisa Stevens share their tips for teaching listening exercises in primary and secondary classrooms. Tips inlcude songs, ideas for social media, texts and games. To learn more, explore My Best 10, a taster article from the Languages...
by Clodagh Cooney | Oct 18, 2018 | Features, Primary, Primary Features, Secondary, Secondary Features, Student, Student Features |
Turn your students into active listeners – inside and outside the languages classroom – with these practical tips Listening in the context of foreign language learning is not just a neurological process, but also a cognitive one. Not only do listeners hear sounds,...
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...
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...
