More than three in four British business leaders believe speaking Mandarin will give school leavers a career advantage over their counterparts, according to a survey published this week by YouGov. The new survey, commissioned by the Mandarin Excellence Programme, aims...
Guest blog by Rebecca Harwood At Christmas time our Teaching & Learning team give us all a #poundlandpedagogy present to use in a lesson and report back on. My first thought was a reluctant one – “great, more work” but this was quickly followed by a light...
Would you like to see your school recognised for originality and inspiration in language teaching and learning by being the next winner of CIOL’s Threlford Cup? Our corporate member, CIOL (Chartered Institute of Linguists) awards the Threlford Cup annually to an...
Reviewed by: Kerstin Christmann, German teacher, Stockport Grammar School If you are looking for a compact overview of the themes and characters in the books and films that are on the prescribed list of the new AS/A2 German curriculum, I can warmly recommend German...
What sort of person publishes a Vocabulary Book nowadays? Textbooks are far more glamorous. Does anyone even use vocab books anymore? Don’t they just gather dust on pupils’ bedroom shelves? But three years ago, I began to write one. The reason was simply this: pupils...
