Language Learning Journal  Being a language learner or ‘Who am I in this language?’   It’s obvious that you can’t be a language teacher without being a language learner, but as a teacher, it’s easy to forget what being a learner is like. Another language can feel impenetrable and unwelcoming. Motivation to crack the code […]

How do we navigate gender neutrality within a gendered language? The non-binary pronouns ‘they/them/their(s)’ have become widely adopted, used and understood in the English-speaking world, giving voice and visibility to those who don’t feel included within the gender binary of male/female. However, within the last two years in my role as lead curriculum tutor for […]

Membership – 25 years of creative pedagogies in the language classroom, and why the battle for creativity is worth fighting for. I came to England as a Foreign Language assistant in September 2000. Adapting to teaching French as a foreign language was the best thing in the world for me at the time as I […]