Creativity SIG

The mission of the ALL SIG is to

  • Provide a platform for, and guidance on, evidence-based practice with the use of authentic resources in the MFL classroom to develop creativity and fluency in the target language.
  • Support the development of ready-to-use resources adaptable for teaching purposes by topics, themes and grammar points
  • Add to the field of knowledge about creativity in the MFL classrooms through sharing practice and research

The objectives of the ALL SIG are:

  • To collate and disseminate information about current research, policy documents and practitioner advice for the use of authentic resources, literature and media in the MFL classrooms
  • To conduct a small-scale action research project to explore how teachers and secondary school students are currently using authentic resources to develop fluency, problem solving skills and literacy skills
  • To collate and share good practice
  • To work with partnership schools and trusts to develop good practice.
  • To publish best practice and resources to share with the wider community of MFL teachers

The chairs of the Special Interest Group are Dr Charlotte Ryland from Queen’s College Oxford and Juliette Claro from St Mary’s University Twickenham.

Dr Charlotte Ryland

Queen’s College Oxford

Juliette Claro

St Mary’s University Twickenham

The group is already open to all interested Language teachers; it will meet periodically online on Teams to progress its objectives, share reflections on key documents, lessons and to construct a shared view on the use of authentic resources in MFL classrooms.

Thereafter, the group will share good practice and research and will publish a collection of resources and ideas for MFL teachers on the ALL website SIG page. The SIG may also contribute through Languages Today .

Meetings will be advertised through the usual ALL Channels and others, and will be open to all interested.

By joining the group, participants agreed for the resources shared to be published for the Language teaching community on the SIG Padlet

Join the Creativity in MFL SIG by signing up here

Creative Resources in the MFL classroom SIG

Background

Background to the ALL Creativity SIG: Read here

Making the case

The video on this link is a talk from Juliette Claro on the rationale for including creativity and authenticity in languages classrooms.

To view video: Click here

References

For references click here: Creativity SIG References

Webinar October 2025

The Creativity SIG held a webinar in October 2025. Here are some suggestions

Creativity Competition

Creativity Competition: FAQs for teachers
The ALL Creativity SIG announces its first competition: Student Creativity Competition.

The 2026 edition of the competition is now closed. A review of the competition and examples of work can be found here.

We are thrilled to announce that the 2027 edition of the competition is now open!

Deadline: 15 March 2027

Submit entries to: [email protected]

We warmly invite teachers across all phases and sectors to participate. Whether you are experimenting with a new creative homework task, embedding creativity into GCSE preparation, or exploring cross‑curricular projects, we would love to see your students’ work.

Let’s continue giving ourselves and our learners permission to be creative!

boîte explosive

Languages Today 53 tells the story of one of the entrants to the 2026 competition. Her boîte explosive is used for doing a creative book review of 'Gangsta Granny', and self-evaluating. Each side of the box represents a different element of the book: plot summary, character descriptions, personal opinions, and favourite extracts. This is illustrated in the documents below:

Consignes tâche finale Gangsta Granny
Fiche outil pour Exposé explosif!
Evaluation tâche finale Gangsta Granny

Documents

Surveys with students

What helps you learn more?

How do you remember words?

Presentations

Language World 2026

Fostering creativity and authenticity in languages within a standardised curriculum