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The new ministerial team at the Department for Education are now in place. The Department for Education’s website can be found here: http://www.education.gov.uk/.

There will now be a further opportunity to submit an application for a LinkedUp award, with a deadline of MONDAY 21 JUNE 2010. We welcome applications from all sectors and regions, and for all of the ten themes. However, we are particularly keen to receive...

ALL Sussex is offering a bursary to enable a local languages subject specialist to attend Language World on 26 and 27 March at the University of York. The bursary will cover conference fees, overnight accommodation for one night and travelling expenses up to...

Throughout 2010 Germany, Austria and Switzerland are running a major campaign to encourage young Britons to learn German. The Think German campaign aims to underline the value of German language skills through a number of high-profile events in 2010; and promises that...

Details of our publications for Autumn 2010! Languages Today Our September 2010 issue will be dedicated to the Olympic & Paralympic Games in 2012, and what language teachers and networks are doing to celebrate it: languages_today_issue_6.  Deutsch Lehren...

Bill Musk will complete his second three year term in this role on 31st August 2011 and, according to our constitution, will need to be replaced. The Management Board is looking ahead and wants to find a suitable replacement and to give to that person an opportunity...

If any member would like to review one of the following items for Vida Hispánica please contact the Reviews Editor, Nuria López by e-mail. Reviewers keep the review copies. For secondary school students: Novo Português sem Fronteiras...

ALL is excited to announce the appointment of two new co-editors and a reviews editor to our Italian language specific journal, Tuttitalia. Anna Costantino and Dr Robin Price have been appointed as co-editors and our new reviews editor is Monica Boria.

Throughout 2010 Germany, Austria and Switzerland are running a major campaign to encourage young Britons to learn German. Under the motto Think German, the aim is to underline the value of German language skills through a number of high-profile events in 2010....

The full list of ministerial appointments has now been confirmed at the Department for Education. The list is as follows: - Secretary of State for Education: The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP - Minister of State for Schools: Nick Gibb MP - Minister of State for Children and...

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World Languages Project - Teacher Focus Groups The Association for Language Learning is a partner in the World Languages initiative, a TDA-funded research project led by the Institute of Education, University of London in collaboration with the University of...

The Wall of Language is a website which has been created by linguists trying to find a way of raising the prominence of languages and language learning. On the Wall of Language, you can email prospective MPs your questions about languages and language policy, and then...

What do the political parties think about education, teaching and languages? View their policies here.

PGCE students who are about to graduate can take advantage of a special membership offer this summer. Join ALL now as a full individual member (Category A or B) and your membership will run until 31 December 2011 – that’s up to six months free membership!...

British students are to be offered up to two years at universities abroad amid Government warnings that poor language skills are crippling graduates’ job prospects. David Willetts said more British students should do degrees in countries such as India to...

In a recent poll of 500 companies, one in four said the ability to speak a second language would give a candidate the edge when applying for a job. In addition, when describing what makes a candidate more employable, companies ranked knowledge of a foreign language...

Uta Smail intends to step down from the editorship of Deutsch: Lehren und Lernen, and we hope to appoint a new editor to work with her on the spring 2011 issue and take over in autumn 2011. Applications for the editorship are now invited. The main duties of the editor...

While the world's greatest football teams battle to win the World Cup, you and your students can join in a World Cup of your own! Register your students in the Association for Language Learning Language World Cup 2010: an intense online competition on football related...

The organisers were overwhelmed by the number of entrants: this year 186 candidates from all education sectors sent us their work! The standard of many entries was outstanding. The Russian committee would like to thank  all participants and their teachers for...