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Statement by René Koglbauer, President of the Association for Language Learning, on BREXIT
“Alea iacta est, the die is cast!” The 23rd and 24th June 2016 are potential strong contenders to find their way into future history textbooks. We cannot say yet what effects this vote will actually have on Great Britain and the European Union. Many people and...
Review of Modern Foreign Language pedagogy in KS3 & KS4
The Teaching Schools Council (TSC) recently announced a review of modern foreign language pedagogy within secondary schools. The aim of the review was to produce an authoritative report on effective language pedagogy by Autumn 2016, drawing on the available evidence...
Call for applications – The Smart Choice: German schools’ network
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The Goethe-Institut is looking to identify networks of secondary and/or primary schools that have the intention to start, facilitate and strengthen the teaching of German. At least three schools need to build a network. The lead partner can apply...
ALL Language Perfect World Championships 2016
Language Perfect World Championships Mon 16 May – Thu 26 May The Language Perfect World Championships is a worldwide languages competition. The 2016 Championships has now finished, with students worldwide answering an astounding 197,119,101 questions over ten days....
Brand new ALL website
ALL has a brand new website! The office team has worked hard to create a much more interactive, visually accessible, user friendly, and flexible site – which will feature lots of great content for members, plus a new streamlined joining and renewals process. To make...
Explore The Rhineland From £294pp with Rayburn Tours
The Rhineland; where traditional German towns and cities meet breath-taking scenery steeped in legendary folklore. The rolling hills surrounding the banks of the mighty river Rhine are adorned with magnificent castles and palaces, while the cobbled streets and...
World Languages Update April 2016
Update April 2016 Language Trends Survey 2015/16 This week, the results of the 2015/16 Language Trends survey were published. This important annual research is carried out by the British Council and Education Development Trust, supported by ALL and ISMLA. The Language Trends Survey 2016 – now in its fourteenth year – identifies the challenges currently […]
Update on lesser taught languages
GCSE & A Level qualifications in lesser taught languages to continue Following the reform of GCSE and A level qualifications, the exam boards announced in March 2015 that they would not be continuing to offer GCSE and A level qualifications in a number of smaller,...
Language Trends Survey 2015/16
This week, the results of the 2015/16 Language Trends survey were published. This important annual research is carried out by the British Council and Education Development Trust, supported by ALL and ISMLA. The Language Trends Survey 2016 - now in its fourteenth year...
Higher Education update
Two new reports on language teaching in degree programmes (for less-widely taught languages and institution-wide language programmes) have recently been published by the the University Council of Modern Languages (UCML) and the Association of University Language...
Teacher subject specialism training
Funding for schools Schools can now apply for funding to develop and deliver teacher subject specialism training. The purpose of teacher subject specialism training is to improve the subject knowledge of non-specialist and returning teachers. It will increase the...
ALL Connect Update
ALL Connect is a Department for Education funded project providing CPD for teachers in KS2 and KS3 to support the new programmes of study at Key Stages 2 and 3. Brand new resources launched at LW2016: ALL Connect KS2 Language Co-ordinator’s Handbook: The Handbook has...
Teacher subject specialism training: funding for schools
Apply for funding to provide teacher subject specialism training courses Schools can now apply for funding to develop and deliver teacher subject specialism training The purpose of teacher subject specialism training is to improve the subject knowledge of...
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