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Response to Ofqual Announcement on A-level Severe Grading
Following the announcement from Ofqual on severe grading in A-level Modern Foreign Languages, the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), the Association for Language Learning (ALL), the Independent Schools Modern Languages Association (ISMLA) and the...
Tribute to Kathy Wicksteed
Kathy receiving her ALL Fellowship Award from ALL president Anna Lise Gordon at Language World 2017 The first time I met Kathy was in 1997 when we were both interviewed for the same job at Campion School in Northampton. Kathy looked very striking in a bright red suit...
ALL Corporate Member of the Month – Institut français
Explore upcoming events as well as a range of resources from ALL Corporate Member of the month, Institut français EVENTS: 9-11 November 2018 - Language Show Live Whether you’re a language teacher, professional, or just love languages, attend three inspirational days...
Click, Connect, Learn – online language mentoring
The Click, Connect, Learn fund is funded by Nesta and was launched in order to explore how digital technology could work to make volunteer tutoring more accessible. In 2017, Language Futures was announced as one of three organisations to receive a grant to model,...
ELAPSE – Embedding Languages across Primary and Secondary Education
In September, we received some fantastic news from the British Council - ALL is part of a successful KA2 ERASMUS + application and along with our partners has been awarded funding for the ELAPSE project. ELAPSE (Embedding Languages Across Primary and Secondary...
NQTs at the heart of ALL – FREE publication for ALL NQT members
Nurturing yourself, personally and professionally Quality connections Time to grow as a MFL teacher Your career as a teacher has begun… This mini publication is designed to support you to become an outstanding MFL NQT with some suggestions that will set you well on...
Celebrating the European Day of Languages 2018
European Day of Languages 2018: a few ideas you may find useful! European Day of Languages takes place each year on 26 September. Activities: Council of Europe's official European Day of Languages site: Includes quizzes, trivia, materials and games. SCILT European Day...
ALL comments on GCSE results 2018
The Joint Council for Qualifications has today published the 2018 GCSE results for the UK. Highlights from the JCQ Media Release include: Significant reform to the system continues in England and Wales, with results in 23 subjects in England using 9-1 grading scale....
MFL Conference 2018
Despite the UK’s evolving employment and commercial landscape, it has become readily apparent that we are now facing a ‘skills deficit’ in the provision of Modern Foreign Languages within schools. This shortfall has emerged due a combination of factors; from...
ALL comments on A-level results 2018
The Joint Council for Qualifications has today published the 2018 national results for A levels and AS qualifications. Highlights from the JCQ Media Release include: A steady national picture with outcomes relatively unchanged as reformed qualifications continue to be...
Language Futures success at Grainville School
Language Futures is an exciting, highly personalised and innovative approach to languages teaching and learning which aims to broaden languages provision. It has been designed to foster deep learner engagement and enable students to take responsibility for their own...
Language Futures – Click, Connect, Learn celebrating Volunteers’ Week
Since 2013, Nesta and the Cabinet Office have been working together to increase the availability of volunteer-led tutoring within schools in order to improve the educational attainment of disadvantaged pupils. To this end, the Click, Connect, Learn fund was launched...
Language Futures Research Study Findings
Language Futures is a highly personalised, innovative and creative approach to language teaching and learning suitable for both primary and secondary schools. It has been designed to foster deep learner engagement and enable pupils to take responsibility...
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