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All the latest news from the world of languages and language teaching.Teacher Briefings: Current initiatives concerning Languages
Theme: Current initiatives concerning Languages This is an overview of initiatives ALL members are aware of currently; some emerge from the several papers published in March 2019 (as reported in Briefing 7: ‘Live language learning issues’). For further information and research publications, please explore our ALL Current initiatives concerning Languages briefing.
Learning foreign languages should be compulsory, says report.
A report, published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) published a report citing that only 32% of young people in the UK say they are able to read or write in more than one language, compared with 79% of their peers in France and more than 90% in Germany. Read the article in the […]
Inset: Manchester or London Workshop: Using Short Film Creatively In The Language Classroom (Visual Literacy and Critical Thinking)
This interactive INSET workshop for PGCE Language students and newly qualified language teachers (NQT) only, will provide a framework for introducing film literacy and critical analysis strategies required in several components of the Language syllabuses (GCSE and A-Level). The event will propose a range of practical activities for embedding visual, film literacy and critical thinking using […]
Schools Project on Poland
Schools Project on Poland is an educational project led by Project Polish Ltd (company number 11666161), a non-profit making company, dedicated to support students and teachers across the country. The project aims to promote the heritage of past generations and the...
Teachers learning and sharing at the Northern Primary Languages Show
I really enjoyed my day at the NPLS, meeting lots of other teachers and exhibitors, and an amazing range of talks. What did I learn? Has the event had an impact on my practice? Most definitely a yes from me! I enjoyed the talk by Rachel Hawkes whose work I use at our...
Why German in the Primary School?
We had a trial Ofsted inspection last year, and languages was picked as a Deep Dive subject. When I was talking to my line manager beforehand, I told him that the first question would be ‘Why German?’ He was sceptical, but I was proved completely right! I think children learn best from teachers who are […]
EDoL competition results 2019
Letters have been sent by email to the schools around the country whose pupils sent in entries to this year's ALLNE EDoL writing competition 'A Magical Trip' along with certificates of commendation for schools who made an exceptional contribution and for individuals...
Southern Primary Languages Show 2019
This year saw ALL’s Primary November with the 4th edition of NPLS (Northern Primary Languages Show) and the first ever SPLS organised by Sue Cave on behalf of ALL, supported in the administration by ALLNE and a host of local teachers as presenters! Here are...
CLIL Mapping Survey
Are you adopting CLIL in your classroom? Then contribute to Learning through Languages UK's short online survey. Learning through Languages UK (a consortium of universities, cultural societies and language lobbyists) aims to increase the uptake in languages and raise...
Austrian Film Festival
The Austrian Cultural Forum London in cooperation with the Austrian Film Institute, the Austrian Film Commission and Raindance presents the first edition of watchAUT, a new film festival featuring the best new and recent films to emerge from Austria. Running 13th –...
MFL Study Days at the British Film Institute
Browse and book tickets for our primary and secondary school events at venues around the UK BFI are currently developing partnerships with cinemas and cultural venues around the UK to bring events from the Film & Media Studies and MFL schools programme to venues...
DfE Announcement of review into content and assessment of GCSE Languages specifications
Tuesday 05 November: The government has today announced a review of GCSE modern foreign languages content in order to increase their accessibility. This is following an announcement by Ofqual of the decision to make an adjustment in the grading standards for GCSE...
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