Languages Today
Languages Today is our member magazine, designed specifically for language teachers. It is free to members of the Association for Language Learning.
It contains news from the language teaching world; ideas to help with your teaching; reviews of teaching resources; and information about schemes and projects which may be of interest to you. We follow a day in the life of language teachers, trainers and people who use languages in their job, and we find out about how language skills are used in the workplace.
Issue 37 of Languages Today is on the theme of ‘Closing the Gap’ contains many new articles and discussion points focusing on closing the gap whether it’s within the classroom, curriculum or the local community this issue has been written by members for members sharing their expertise and experiences and make suggestions and offer practical advice on how their strategies and approaches work for learners in their settings on areas such as ability range, social and racial equity, the needs and talents of EAL learners, the professional status of teachers in different contexts. This is a great read!
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Using the new Ofsted Framework to raise the profile of languages
Languages Today is our termly member magazine, designed specifically for language teachers. It is free to members of the Association for Language Learning. It contains news from the language teaching world; ideas to help with your teaching; reviews of teaching...
Lend an Ear
Languages Today is our member magazine, designed specifically for language teachers. It is free to members of the Association for Language Learning. It contains news from the language teaching world; ideas to help with your teaching; reviews of teaching resources; and...
A Taste of Languages Today
Languages Today is our member magazine and is free to members. Designed specifically for language practitioners, it contains news from the language teaching world; ideas to help you with your teaching; reviews of teaching resources; and information about schemes and...
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Our cohort at QKA includes 65% of EAL students (with some individual year groups having up to 75%). We aim to provide the highest quality of education, and to cater for all levels and abilities, have developed a parallel curriculum – our Accelerated Curriculum – aiming to fill any gaps in educational experience and to […]
Languages Today Extra: Rising to the challenge – community-led learning during the Covid19 pandemic
Rising to the challenge – community-led learning during the Covid19 pandemic Pascale Vassie, OBE, National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education (NRCSE) The primary aim of the NRCSE is to provide support and guidance to community-led initiatives offering supplementary/out-of-school education to children; enabling them to deliver safe, effective and sustainable services and to raise their profile among mainstream schools and […]
Languages Today Extra: Engaging all pupils in mixed ability classes 1300
Engaging all pupils in mixed ability classes 1300 Jennifer Wozniak-Rush In my school, we teach mixed ability from Y7 to Y11 and include SEND pupils in some of our classes. The first thing I spend time doing is to look carefully at my seating plan to ensure that not all the pupils of the […]
Languages Today issues
Languages Today Issues 30-32: 2018-19
A summary of Languages Today magazine content in 2018-19 Autumn 2018 Lend an Ear - the power of listening in the language classroom. Spring 2019 Better Connected - the benefits of sharing ideas and connecting teachers with research. Summer 2019 All for one and one for...
Languages Today Issues 27 – 29: 2017-18
A summary of Languages Today magazine content in 2017 -18. Autumn 2017 Our Autumn 2017 issue was all about Multilingualism. Shared Voices - The power of multilingualism to bring people together featured ideas about teaching multilingual pupils, multilingual...
Languages Today Issues 21 – 23: 2015-16
A summary of Languages Today magazine content in 2015/16. Autumn 2015 Our Autumn 2015 issue was all about ‘Art, design and fashion’: Featuring ideas for craft and language activities; creating portraits using Spanish words; and fashion teaching tips from Routes...