To make the case about Languages being valuable, practical and enjoyable teachers engage their learners in competitions, celebrations, performances and external events of different sorts. In this Best Ten we have collected some of our members’ favourites!   GCHQ National Language Competition For several years GCHQ, the UK communications intelligence centre, has run excellent school […]

David Blow, ALL Fellow and Executive Headteacher ALL, in conjunction with other organisations such as the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and Independent Schools Modern Language Association (ISMLA) have been active for nearly 20 years in raising the issue of severe grading in GCSE and A-level Language exams.  Some significant progress has been […]

Sharing and developing practice      The UK Government’s decision not to retain its membership of the Erasmus + scheme when the UK left the European Union brought to an end a series of projects in which ALL was successfully involved with European partners over several years, funded by Erasmus+.       The CLIL […]