The current OfSTED focus on learner progress has been encapsulated as ‘Progress for pupils means knowing more and remembering more’ (OfSTED blog), and retention of learning has, in any case, long been of prime importance in language learning. In the third of our articles on this theme Silvia Bastow gives readers an update and pointers […]

As this issue of Languages Today is focussing on skills our reviewers have been looking at three resources available to teachers which focus on listening and speaking practice.  For language learners these two skills are intrinsically linked, and I do hope you will find the reviews interesting.  We have given the URLs for the three […]

As this issue of Languages Today is focussing on skills our reviewers have been looking at three resources available to teachers which focus on listening and speaking practice. For language learners these two skills are intrinsically linked, and I do hope you will find the reviews interesting. We have given the URLs for the three […]