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CODA was a one-year project implemented by a consortium of five European partners, including the Association for Language Learning, and funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU Commission. It built on two previous projects led by Nottingham Trent University...

ALL is delighted to announce that the following positions within the Association for 2014-2017 will be filled by: ALL Council members Sue Balmer - Sue has had a long career in teaching modern languages, and has worked as an Advanced Skills Teacher and adviser to...

The Association for Language Learning would like to express its shock and sadness at the death of Spanish teacher Anne Maguire yesterday, killed while teaching her year 11 Spanish class. Tributes pouring in from staff, parents and pupils of Corpus Christi Catholic...

Department for Education calls for bids for CPD for modern foreign languages in primary and secondary schools The DfE has today announced a call for bids to support the new programmes of study at key stages 2 and 3. For further details, please click here. Interested...

The view from the red sofa Primary practitioner and ALL Primary Special Interest Group member Catherine Cheater was invited onto BBC Breakfast this week to talk about primary language teaching. In the run up to compulsory language learning in Key Stage 2 from...

UK language capacity in the fields of diplomacy, international relations and security As the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague, recently stated: “Diplomacy is the art of understanding different cultures, and using this...

Your help is needed! The University of York are investigating perceptions of research and evidence amongst language teachers and teacher educators based in the UK. They would like to know about what helps and hinders engagement with and interest in research (reading...

Director The Association for Language Learning, the national subject association for teachers of modern languages, is seeking a new Director to provide vision and leadership for the organisation at a time of change both within the Association and in language teaching...

  Born Global: Rethinking Language Policy for 21st Century Britain A new policy research project investigating the extent and nature of language needs in the job market, and the implications for language education from school to higher education, has set out to...

DfE clarification on secondary school accountability measures The Government has proposed revisions to secondary school accountability measures, and there has been some confusion around this. For clarification, there is an additional new measure which will be the...

International Education Week British Council International Education Week 2013 takes place 18-24 November 2013, and marks something extraordinary and exciting in the UK which everyone, including parents, school teachers and children, can be involved in. This week...

After the BBC indicated to ALL in March that online languages for adults was to be abandoned, there appears to have been a significant change of thinking.   A new BBC Trust Service Review of Online and Red Button (via merged service licence) proposes that...

About World Teachers' Day World Teachers’ Day is held annually on 5 October, and is a UNESCO initiative, a day devoted to appreciating, assessing, and improving the educators of the world. The real point is to provide a time to look at and address issues...

Speaking to the Future in 1000 words Speak to the Future is launching a new national challenge for languages this autumn, with the message that we should aspire for everyone to have at least 1000 words in another language. And no, this is not about vocabulary...

Bookings now open for the first National Youth Film Festival Free screenings of foreign language films to inspire young people From Therese Desqyeyroux to Wadjda, from Clara and the Secret of the Bears to AninA, over 30 foreign films in languages including French,...

UCML (the University Council of Modern Languages) is lobbying the government about the issue of fees for study and work abroad, with new fee rates being charged to undergraduates from 2012. UCML represents HE language departments, and is asking ministers for a...

The British Academy is launching a new scheme offering cash awards to secondary schools across the UK who can demonstrate innovative and creative language teaching. This is an opportunity both to promote the learning of languages, and to enhance and reward teaching...

UCAS has recently released their final application figures for 2012 University entry. There has been an overall decrease of 7.4%, but this figure conceals differences across countries, ages and disciplines. In total, applications from UK applicants are down 8.7%:...