The grass is always greener? Ian Bloor compares teaching, learning, education and leadership in his German comprehensive school with the similar school in the UK he taught in previously. Insights into teaching, learning, education and leadership in a German comprehensive school and how this differs to experiences in similar state schools in the UK (by […]

Collaborating for change The challenging conditions faced by those of us teaching German in schools and universities are becoming familiar. Undergraduate student numbers are in decline; entire university modern languages departments have been threatened with closure; and fewer schools are able to offer German to their pupils. But this situation has not been passively accepted. […]

World of Languages Building relevance in language learning with the Diplôme d’Etude en Langue Française: a case study from our Special Interest Group in Creativity in MFL. Juliette Claro is a Senior Lecturer at St Mary’s University – London and co-founder and co-chair of the ALL SIG for Creativity in MFL.  Manon Tournier is Head […]