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Where to with A level languages? Shape the future! Join the debate! ALL President Bernardette Holmes is asking members and languages teachers their views on A Level languages. Read more about the President’s A level hotline… Download as a pdf file....

Figures compiled by the Department for Education show that the proportion of pupils taking core academic subjects has increased since the introduction of the English Baccalaureate. The EBacc was introduced by the DfE as an additional measure in the performance tables...

The Links into Languages LinkedUp Award Scheme has produced a series of free resources for teachers of primary, secondary, and post-16 languages. From CLIL to transition and from alternative accreditation to progression, these materials have been created and tested by...

The Links into Languages LinkedUp Award Scheme has produced a series of free resources for teachers of primary, secondary, and post-16 languages. From CLIL to transition and from alternative accreditation to progression, these materials have been created and tested by...

The Links into Languages LinkedUp Award Scheme has produced a series of free resources for teachers of primary, secondary, and post-16 languages. From CLIL to transition and from alternative accreditation to progression, these materials have been created and tested by...

The Links into Languages LinkedUp Award Scheme has produced a series of free resources for teachers of primary, secondary, and post-16 languages. From CLIL to transition and from alternative accreditation to progression, these materials have been created and tested by...

The Links into Languages LinkedUp Award Scheme has produced a series of free resources for teachers of primary, secondary, and post-16 languages. From CLIL to transition and from alternative accreditation to progression, these materials have been created and tested by...

The main headlines, updates, news and comment on 2011 GCSE results:  

The Links into Languages LinkedUp Award Scheme has produced a series of free resources for teachers of primary, secondary, and post-16 languages. From CLIL to transition and from alternative accreditation to progression, these materials have been created and tested by...

The Links into Languages LinkedUp Award Scheme has produced a series of free resources for teachers of primary, secondary, and post-16 languages. From CLIL to transition and from alternative accreditation to progression, these materials have been created and tested by...

The Links into Languages LinkedUp Award Scheme has produced a series of free resources for teachers of primary, secondary, and post-16 languages. From CLIL to transition and from alternative accreditation to progression, these materials have been created and tested by...

The library collection at the former premises of CILT (which has recently become part of CfBT and has vacated its London premises) is due to be destroyed unless a way can be found to save it. This unique collection is of enormous value to the languages community and...

ALL will release a more detailed report in due course, but the main headlines, updates, news and comment about A-Level results, in particular in regard to languages, are listed below. - A-level passes rise amid university places pressure:...

The CBI yesterday responded to the release of A-Level results for 2011. In congratulating students and teachers for their hard work, Dr Neil Bentley, CBI Deputy Director-General, said: “We’re encouraged that more people have heeded the call from businesses...

Newly elected member of the ALL Executive Council, Teresa Tinsley, sums up for members the latest edition of the CBI’s Education and Skills Survey, Building for Growth, which underlines the need for better foreign language skills in the workforce. New evidence...

HEFCE has announced an additional £1.2 million to support the Routes into Languages initiative. Routes into Languages aims to increase take up of modern foreign language courses in higher education in England, and encourage more young people of all backgrounds...

A record number of students received 'Erasmus' grants to study or train abroad during the 2009/10 academic year – 213 000+ students, a 7.4% increase on the previous year's figure. Erasmus is the world's most successful student exchange programme, and launched in...

There are just over five weeks to go until the closing date of this new Russian--English poetry translation prize! Anyone anywhere in the world may enter; see http://www.stephen-spender.org/brodsky_spender.html for the rules and how to enter.  

The new Lingu@net Worldwide website was recently launched at the Instituto Cervantes in Madrid. The new website offers a wealth of catalogued online resources for language learners and teachers with guidance and support for adult language learners. The site can now be...

ALL has received the following information from IfL: Following discussions with trade unions and employers, facilitated by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Institute for Learning (IfL) has issued a statement setting out the agreements...