by cristahazell | Jan 20, 2021 | ALL Event, ALL News, Competitions, Corporate Member News, French Zone, German Zone, Language News, News, Primary, Primary News, Secondary, Secondary News, Spanish Zone, What's New
We all know that Speaking a language confidently and coherently is an important thing, and forms a critical part of linguistic and cultural development for all learners of languages. One of the impacts of COVID-19 has meant that many pupils have had fewer...
by cristahazell | Jan 13, 2021 | News, Primary, Primary News, Secondary, Secondary News, What's New
With remote education becoming the norm for many learners across most phases, Ofsted released guidance on ‘What’s working well in remote education’ on January 11th. The guidance which defines ‘remote education’, seeks to end some...
by cristahazell | Sep 23, 2020 | What's New, World languages events
If you want to play quizmaster or quizmistress give this five star quiz a go here at TES Resources for a bit of fun, cultural capital and competition, look no further than here for a quick free download. The rest of this post can only be viewed by members. Please...
by cristahazell | Sep 23, 2020 | Competitions, West Midlands Event, What's New, World languages events
Schools in the West Midlands – our colleagues at Routes in to Languages have shared this exciting competition with us to promote, celebrate and raise awareness of European Day of Languages. For more details see here:...
by cristahazell | Sep 2, 2020 | ALL News, Corporate Member, News, What's New
Introducing Prof Kim Bower, ALL‘s President. The President sits on the Association’s board of trustees, its Management Board, which comprises two elected Officers: Honorary Membership Officer and President and up to five invited Trustees. Kim will assume the...
by cristahazell | Aug 28, 2020 | CM Event, Corporate Member News, Language News, News, Spanish Discussions, Spanish event, Spanish Network, Spanish news, Spanish Zone, What's New
Cursos de formación en línea para profesorado británico e irlandés de español (octubre-noviembre 2020) El Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional de España ofrece plazas a profesorado británico e irlandés de español para cursos en línea que se desarrollarán...
by cristahazell | Aug 21, 2020 | Corporate Member News, German Discussions, German Network, German News, German resources, German Zone, News, What's New
With the UK-German Tandem Challenge pupils can keep in touch with their German friend, tandem partner or host brother or sister while discovering each other’s cultures, having fun taking photos and educating others, too! How does it work? Partners discuss topics from...
by cristahazell | Aug 20, 2020 | ALL News, French Discussions, German Discussions, News, Secondary, Secondary News, What's New
Dear Prof Koglbauer and Ms Harvey, Thank you for your email to Sally Collier and Roger Taylor, and my apologies for the delay in responding to you. I am responding on their behalf. Prior to the summer, we announced that we would make an adjustment to the...
by cristahazell | Aug 19, 2020 | ALL News, Consultations, Discussion Area, French Discussions, German Discussions, Language News, News, Secondary, Secondary News, What's New
As you are aware, ALL wrote to OFQUAL on Monday to ask how the 2% adjustment to French and German GCSE results would be applied to Centre Assessment grades. We have had a reply which you can read here. In the meantime, we wanted to share with you two documents...
by cristahazell | Aug 18, 2020 | ALL News, French Discussions, German Discussions, Language News, News, Secondary News, What's New
ALL have written to Sally Collier and Roger Taylor at Ofqual with regard to severe grading measures in GCSE French and German. Read the letter in full here: ALL_Ofqual_SevereGrading2020 We look forward to their statement in response and shall share this with you...
by cristahazell | Aug 13, 2020 | ALL News, Language News, News, Secondary News, What's New
ALL President Jane Harvey comments on this year’s results: “I would like to congratulate all A and AS-level language students and their teachers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on their results in this exceptional year. A level language courses require not...
by cristahazell | Aug 6, 2020 | News, Secondary News, What's New
Today Ofqual have published further information for students and their families in the following guide: ‘What to do if you have concerns or questions about your grades: student guide to appeals and malpractice or maladministration complaints’. The guide sets...
