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More than 40,000 students could be offered places in new Turing scheme – though costs may not be fully covered. The government’s replacement for the Europe-wide Erasmus student exchange scheme appears to have got off to a flying start – although experts warn that the...

As well as the sporting events that dominated broadcasting in Summer  we spotted this cultural aspect of the Games : https://japaninsides.com/196-countries-are-getting-represented-in-ambitious-kimono-project-for-tokyo-olympics/   As reported on Twitter by...

Education secretary Gavin Williamson has vowed to tackle Latin’s “reputation as an elitist subject” with a new scheme to boost take-up of the subject among disadvantaged pupils. He unveiled the £4 million “Latin excellence programme” over the weekend, in a move...

Thinking of taking a language in year 11 and 12? Here’s what you need to know.  This article is part of a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior years. Some students elect to study languages in their senior...

Music Planet brings the WOMAD experience into the studio with live sets by some of the artists who would have been playing at the festival this weekend, including Italian collective Amaraterra with pizzica music from the country's south-eastern region, Welsh guitarist...

English-speaking audiences rarely come across dubbed films and television programmes. This probably explains why they tend to find dubbing so, well, weird. Dubbed voices usually sound a bit flat and never quite sync up with the mouths we see onscreen. This can be...

A young Palestinian refugee on the Greek island of Leros, who arrived on a rickety boat from Turkey in December 2018, has set up a page called “Learn Greek” on social media to teach the language to children worldwide. The amazing story of Sabri Madi, who was just 13...

Language is one of the critical components pertaining to the identity of a nation; and learning another language can help enrich the experience of someone who is visiting a country — but teaching yourself to speak a foreign language can introduce you to the culture of...

The government has set out draft plans for GCSEs and A-level exams next year, including a choice of topics for some GCSE subjects and advance information about the focus of exams in others. But schools will have to wait until the autumn to hear the government’s final...

As members will be aware, on Monday Ofsted released a report as part of its Curriculum Research Review series on Languages. The review explores the literature relating to the field of foreign languages education. Its purpose is to identify factors that contribute to...

The Conversation posted this piece concerning 'what makes someone bilingual', an interesting read. It’s estimated that half the world’s population is bilingual, and two-thirds of the world’s children grow up in an environment where several languages intersect. But...

A news article featured in The Guardian gives a warning that the loss of young Europeans on pupil visits will cause reputational damage to UK, say tour organisers. French and German educational trip organisers bringing as many as 750,000 school pupils to the UK every...