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35 People Share What Words In Foreign Languages They Absolutely Love Using Every language boasts words that are one of a kind. While certain ones are easier to pronounce, others might make a foreigner sound like Pink Panther trying to buy a dam-burrr-gheur. Some,...
The Guardian: UK business groups call for more foreign-language teaching in colleges
Exclusive: Report reveals postcode lottery as barely half FE institutions offer some form of language teaching Students in a foreign-language class learning Spanish. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian Business groups and language experts are calling on...
NALA Resource for Grammar (Primary and Secondary)
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Express Yourself North East Festival of Languages 2023
#CelebrateSpeaking 2023
Celebrate Speaking! Speaking a modern foreign language confidently and coherently is an important part of the MFL curriculum throughout the four devolved education departments in the United Kingdom and forms a critical part of linguistic and cultural development for...
Virtual Exchange interviews – with reward
A message from Muge Satar at Newcastle University (NB K-12 = pre-school, primary and secondary education). Have you organised a virtual exchange (also known as COIL, telecollaboration, globally networked learning, etc.) for K-12 education? Would you like to share...
Publishers Association and Oak Academy
ALL as a member of CfSA (Council for Subject Associations) has received correspondence from the Publishers Association in connection with this TES article. It concerns the status of the Oak Academy....
Granular Trends in Languages in HE
The British Academy and UCML have released a new report examining granular trends in language learning and provision at UK universities. https://university-council-modern-languages.org/2022/11/29/new-report-language-learning-in-higher-education-granular-trends/ ...
New on the ALL website…
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Good news: Our Patrons
We are delighted to announce that our longstanding patron Professor David Crystal will be joined by Baroness Coussins, who has accepted an invitation by the Association’s trustees. Baroness Coussins, who co-chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages...
Tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – 2022) by the Association for Language Learning
The trustees and officers of the Association for Language Learning are saddened by the news of the Queen Elizabeth II’s death. Queen Elizabeth has been a role-model of international diplomacy throughout her seventy-year reign. Her in-depth understanding and...
ALL Statement on 2022 GCSE Results.
ALL President Kim Bower comments on this year’s results: “On behalf of the Association for Language Learning, I want to congratulate GCSE modern language students on their results, especially since they have had the challenge of undertaking a great deal of work...
The Hidden Gems of France by VivaLing Online Language Academy
Come and join Vivaling for a series of participative workshops giving you the chance to learn more about the hidden gems of French culture. Forget quiche lorraine, the Loire valley and Paris. We guarantee you will learn something new and have the chance to practice...
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