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Language Trends 2019
Language Trends is an annual survey of primary and secondary schools in England, designed to gather information about the current situation for language teaching and learning. Its aims are to assess the impact of policy measures in relation to languages and to analyse...
The Linguacuisine ‘LinguaChef’ Prize
The LinguaChef Prize will be awarded to the person who uploads the best language learning recipe using the Linguacuisine recipe author software during the period 14 June to 31 August 2019. The prize consists of a payment of £200 plus a LinguaChef Gold Certificate....
Announcement of President Elect
On behalf of the Management Board and the Trustees, I am delighted to announce that Dr Kim Bower will take up her role as President Elect in September 2019. Kim is a principal lecturer at the Sheffield Institute of Education, a Principal Fellow of the Higher Eduction...
Cross-curricular Language Learning: Putting CLIL into Practice conference
The 2nd Biennial international conference Cross-curricular Language Learning: Putting CLIL into Practice took place at Sheffield Hallam University last weekend. The conference welcomed researchers, teachers and trainee teachers and teacher educators interested in...
National Modern Foreign Languages Conference
With the summer holidays fast approaching, there is no better time to prepare yourself for a great start to next term by securing a place at the . With our own ALL President Jane Harvey and Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP (DfE Minister for School Standards) leading in...
The Teacher Effect
Department for Education Blog for teachers, by teachers. Covering everything from reducing workload to pupil premium, school leadership and pupil wellbeing. Recently added is Ryan's Teacher Effect story - by helping his pupils to see language in context, Ryan showed...
British Council international school exchange facilitated seminars
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SET UP A STUDENT EXCHANGE VISIT BUT DON’T YET HAVE A PARTNER SCHOOL? For schools looking for a partner school, the British Council has arranged seminars in China, France, Germany and Spain in the autumn term 2019, to allow schools to set up a...
Fully funded face-to-face school partner finding and CPD seminar
Who: Teachers of Modern Languages (of pupils aged 16-19). What: Partner finding and CPD with an international focus. Teachers will share best practice and approaches to language teaching and learning with other teachers from six different countries with the aim of...
ALL Council welcomes new members
The ALL Council is chaired by the President of the Association. It is composed of twelve ALL members, who are elected from the membership and serve for a period of three years. ALL's elected Officers, and at least one Invited Trustee, who all serve on the Board of...
Teacher Briefing 10: Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
The new Ofsted EIF (Education Inspection Framework) has been published. The Framework is a considerable size (around 100 pages) and is detailed. The extracts contained in this Briefing do not represent the totality of its content by any means. An article based on a...
The National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy (NCELP)
The National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy (NCELP) has been funded by the Department for Education (DfE) and the University of York to help put into practice the recommendations of the Teaching Schools Council’s MFL Pedagogy Review in French, German, and...
The Ann Dodgson Foundation
"The Ann Dodgson Foundation has been set up to advance in life and help young people in the United Kingdom by encouraging them to be comfortable beyond the boundaries of their own culture.'' AIMS: Ann was inspired by France. The Foundation was established in her...
Host a Teacher from Germany in 2019-20
Would you like to have authentic German cultural input in your school? Through the Host a Teacher from Germany programme, your school can host a German teacher for one, two or three weeks during the academic year, at no cost. Benefits include: A fresh injection of...
Letter regarding the National Recovery Programme for Languages
Please explore our Letter to Baroness Cousins regarding the National Recovery Programme for Languages.
New and renew! A fantastic offer from Corporate Member Sanako
We are delighted to announce the launch of a fantastic offer to both new members and those who choose to renew their membership in June, July and August 2019. Those who are new or choose to renew will receive 5 permanent licences (per school) for Sanako’s Study Lite...
German Debating Competition 2019
From October 2018 to March 2019 sixteen schools, each with a team of 4 pupils from Year 11 and 12, took part in a debating competition organised by the Goethe-Institut, London. The competition offers students the opportunity to further develop their foreign language...
Award for THE LANGUAGE MAGICIAN
On 20 May 2019, the 15 best Erasmus+-Projects (final year 2018) were honoured during the annual conference of the National Agency for Erasmus+ in Bonn, Germany. We are delighted to announce that THE LANGUAGE MAGICIAN received the award in the category "Erasmus+...
A great offer from Corporate Member Collins
Collins GEM School Dictionaries are the ideal handy reference for secondary school students looking for a French, Spanish or German dictionary that is modern, up-to-date and easy to use. Especially designed for KS3 school students, they are ideal for use in the...
Teacher Briefing 9: School Exchanges and Study Visits – International Experience
The British Council's Vicky Gough’s Last Word article in Languages Today (January 2019) outlined issues affecting the traditional School Exchange (and Study Visits) in some sectors and some, but not all, parts of the country. Since then there have been developments...
Teacher Briefing 8: Open World Research Initiative (OWRI)
OWRI is the Open World Research Initiative, funded by the AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council). It aims ‘to regenerate and transform modern language learning by foregrounding language's power to shape how we live and make our worlds.’ There are four projects:...
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