Image: Huw Meredith Photography Peter Downes, ‘Discovering Languages’ Project Director, Association of School and College Leaders REVIEWING THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM As many readers will know, a root-and-branch review of the national curriculum is now under way. As...
Photo: Huw Meredith Photography Kate Norman, Jack Hunt School, Peterborough With the widening of participation and the growth of confidence in the Key Stage 2 languages classroom which we have seen slowly – and in many cases painfully- over the last few years, Key...
Bernardette Holmes, University of Southampton – University of Cambridge LOOKING BACK – MOVING FORWARD: ‘What is French for?’ Remembering Brian Page, who never shied away from asking the unanswered questions. Sometimes it is all too easy to think that life in the...
Languages Today, issue 2: Summer 2009 – Anna Scrivenger France is reaching out to the world. With partnership programmes being embraced across the EU that extend way beyond the traditional French exchange, there are now more opportunities than ever for UK teachers and...