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Members flying the flag for ALL and German in Switzerland
XVI. Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer 31. Juli - 4. August 2017, Fribourg/Freiburg - Schweiz ALL's Chair of Trustees, René Koglbauer, and member of the ALL Council, Liz Black, are attending the 16th International German Teacher Conference...
Statement by the President and Chair of Board of Trustees on the publication of the DfE’s response to the EBacc Consultation
The Association for Language Learning supports a broad and balanced curriculum, but as part of the wider need to support, promote and encourage language learning in our schools, it welcomes the publication of the Implementing the English Baccalaureate-Government...
The Language Magician – almost ready to make magic!
The Language Magician is almost ready to launch! Primary schools will soon be able to use the Language Magician to assess their pupils language learning. A recap of the aims of The Language Magician: The Language Magician’s main objective is to develop an online...
Summer bonus for new student/NQT members of ALL!
Are you starting your language teacher training after the summer break? Or are you about to enter into your NQT year as a language teacher? Yes? Then the Association for Language Learning (ALL) has a summer bonus for you when you join us! Get ahead now before your...
Collaborations with international organisations- spotlight on FIPLV
ALL is a member of the Fédération Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes (International Federation of Language Teacher Associations) and we therefore like to keep our members up to date with how both associations support each other and work together....
this is language – life on the Language Superhighway!
The Language Superhighway: Dodgy Sat Navs and Sausage Rolls My name is Ollie Gargrave and I am the Midlands and North Regional Representative at thisislanguage.com. A few weeks ago Victoria Mitchell at the Association for Language Learning asked me if I could write a...
ALL announces new Council members.
ALL is very pleased to announce the new volunteer Council members who will commence duties in September 2017. The ALL Council, as part of the ALL's governance mechanism, is broadly representative of ALL's membership at large and splits into three Task & Finish...
Brexit Update 04/07/17
Poll finds that sixty per cent of Brtions want to keep their EU citizenship: Support for retaining rights, including living, work, study and travel in the EU, is particularly strong amongst 18-24 year olds. That uncertain feeling: Italian born Cristina Ruiz questions...
Congratulations to the winners at the German Teacher of the Year Awards 2017
The German Teacher of the Year Award is awarded to excellent teachers of German who have made an outstanding and dedicated contribution to German teaching at their school, through:- a record of successful teaching, including innovative language teaching successful...
The Association for Language Learning appoints new President Elect, Jane Harvey.
The Association for Language Learning (ALL) is delighted to announce the appointment of Jane Harvey as President Elect. The President Elect sits on the Association’s board of trustees, its Management Board, which comprises three elected Officers: Honorary Membership...
ALLNE European Day of Languages 2017- Competition
This competition has now closed, but you can read about the winners here. ALLNE, Network for Languages North East and partners are once again organizing the annual European Day of Languages 2017 Competition for Schools. This year's competition marks the 50th...
Brexit update 15/06/2017
More than half of skilled EU workers in UK say they are going to leave: A survey of EU nationals employed at FTSE 250 companies showed that 56 per cent said they were either 'highly' or 'quite' likely to leave the UK before the conclusion of the Brexit talks. UK...
Language Perfect World Championships 2017. And the ALL winner is…
CONGRATULATIONS to Southend High School for Girls who are the newly crowned winners of the Language Perfect World Championships, Association for Language Learning, UK Award for the Top UK School in the ALL network for 2017! The students of Southend High School for...
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