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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...

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...

The full programme for our annual conference, Language World, is now available, containing daily programmes, programme notes, list of exhibitors, and much more. Join us at the Language World conference in York on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th March 2010. This is a...

The CILT National Awards for Excellence recognise achievement amongst 14-19 learners and there are five categories with some great prizes available. To find out more about the awards and how to enter your students visit:...

Does your school have a truly outstanding German teacher? Especially in the year of Think German, dedication and excellence deserve recognition! Nominations are currently being invited for the German Teacher Award 2010. (Deadline: 15 Jun 2010). The prizes will be...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has introduced a new system which accepts web addresses with no latin characters. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the first countries to have their entirely Arabic...

A consortium of the Institute of Education, University of London with the University of Sheffield Department of Educational Studies, Language Networks for Excellence (LNfE) Education Partnerships at the University of Wolverhampton and the Association for Language...

ALL & CONSEJERÍA DE EDUCACIÓN SPANISH ONLINE QUIZ, DECEMBER 2009 The ALL Spanish Committee would like to congratulate all of the students and schools who took part, and thank them for making the 2009 ALL & Consejería de Educación...

5 April - Hear from David Lammy, minister of state for higher education and Diana Johnson, parliamentary undersecretary of state for schools, on the importance of languages. Download their article Monoglottal Stop here.

The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has recently commissioned RM Lightbox to design and produce the Open School for Languages (OSFL). This web-based resource will make available a range of materials in different languages, with content designed to...