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GCSE results day ALL would like to congratulate students across the country who got their GCSE results in languages today - and the teachers who helped them to get there. Achievement at GCSE is high and although there are questions to be asked about the grading of...

The current state of languages in English secondary education In her final message as President of the Association for Language Learning, Bernardette Holmes warns that while languages results at GCSE show some healthy signs of improvement, we must beware of...

Has the government finally made up its mind about the status of languages in Key Stage 4? Members noticed a telling paragraph contained in the impact assessment document (page 8), which accompanies the recent DfE consultation on primary languages: 'At Key Stage 4, we...

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Finally today the Government has announced its proposals on the new National Curriculum for primary schools. Michael Gove has written to Tim Oates, the Chair of the Expert Panel on the New Curriculum, with his response to the panel’s recommendations for the...

The release of a new study has kicked off a new initiative to understand and improve language policies and practices. The British Council-led Language Rich Europe (LRE) consortium has released findings from research analysing languages throughout Europe. It shows that...

Elections for ALL positions Following the recent nominations process, elections are now being held for membership of ALL's Executive Council for the period 2012-2015. • Executive Council members (three year term of office from 1 September 2012) There are twelve...

The Secretary of State for Education has announced a major review of the National Curriculum in England. The review will be led by the Department, supported by an advisory committee and expert panel made up of top teachers, academics and business representatives. More...

Collins has been at the forefront of dictionary publishing since 1819 and is one of the world's most respected and market-leading dictionary and language learning publishers. Collins uses the most up-to-date technology to monitor language usage around the world so...

Every year thousands of British students travel abroad under the British Council language assistantship programme. Former language assistants include former spin doctor Alastair Campbell, author J K Rowling, and BBC journalist Fiona Bruce. But now the scheme...

The Guardian has reported (08/06/10) that the primary curriculum and academic diplomas are to be axed.  We are trying to find out more detail about this proposal, and will post more information as soon as we have it:...

Pupils taught in Gaelic perform better than their English-taught peers when reading and writing in English, an Edinburgh University study has found: http://www.strath.ac.uk/scilt/news/headline_345532_en.html.

We’re excited to tell you that the Language World 2011 conference and exhibition is at Imperial College, London from Thursday evening 7 July until Saturday 9 July. This year’s theme is All together! You can contribute to Language World 2011 by: •...

The ALL European Language Olympics 2010 will soon be starting, and we want your school to take part! This is a brand new competition run in association with ALL corporate member Language Perfect. There will be two weeks of intense online competition as students...

The Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove today laid before the House of Commons a Written Ministerial Statement on Education Spending: http://www.education.gov.uk/news/news/written-statement-spending.