by cristahazell | May 16, 2024 | Corporate Member News, Language News, News, Primary News, Secondary News
Oak is changing. As you know Oak National Academy came about over a very short timescale during the 2020 Easter holiday as a coming together of teachers, schools and academy trusts. They had the vision, and some capacity, to pull together a fully functioning...
by tomholmes | Mar 10, 2023 | ALL Language, ALL Local, ALL News, ALL Sector, Corporate Member, Discussion Area, Language News, News, Secondary, Secondary Features, Secondary News, Teacher Briefings, What's New
…when I’m thinking about HOW to teach some required content, the question I try to keep in mind to guide me is “why would they want to do that?” In this article, I will focus on how we can create engaging writing tasks that intrinsically motivate students… Please...
by cristahazell | Aug 25, 2022 | ALL News, Corporate Member News, Language News, News, Secondary News
ALL President Kim Bower comments on this year’s results: “On behalf of the Association for Language Learning, I want to congratulate GCSE modern language students on their results, especially since they have had the challenge of undertaking a great deal of work...
by tomholmes | Aug 25, 2022 | Corporate Member News, News
Come and join Vivaling for a series of participative workshops giving you the chance to learn more about the hidden gems of French culture. Forget quiche lorraine, the Loire valley and Paris. We guarantee you will learn something new and have the chance to practice...
by cristahazell | Sep 2, 2021 | Corporate Member News, News
With Mandarin growing in popularity, teachers explain how schools can make the most out of teaching the language. “Why is learning Mandarin beneficial to children? Where do I start,” asks Liqun Dai, the head of Chinese at Archbishop Sentamu Academy in Hull. “The...
by cristahazell | May 18, 2021 | Corporate Member News, Language News, News, Secondary News
The latest consultation from OFQUAL includes recommendations about the Speaking element of GCSE Languages in 2022. The essence of the proposal is to revert to the arrangements in place before the need arose to create Speaking Endorsement arrangements in 2021...
by cristahazell | Mar 9, 2021 | Corporate Member News, Language News, News
Express Yourself in Lockdown, Spring 2021 This year’s Celebration of Speaking is now over, but you can still take a / listen look at how people have celebrated by putting into Twitter Search #CelebrateSpeaking. You’ll find there some of the contributions to...
by cristahazell | Feb 9, 2021 | Corporate Member News, News
The Turing Scheme has now been launched On 6 February 2021 the Department for Education launched the Turing Scheme, the UK’s global programme to study and work abroad. The UK-wide scheme provides funding for international study and work placements across...
by charlottelr | Jan 20, 2021 | ALL Event, ALL News, Celebration, Competitions, Corporate Member News, French Zone, German Zone, Language News, News, Primary, Primary News, Secondary, Secondary News, Spanish Zone, What's New
We all know that Speaking a language confidently and coherently is an important thing, and forms a critical part of linguistic and cultural development for all learners of languages. One of the impacts of COVID-19 has meant that many pupils have had fewer...
by cristahazell | Jan 7, 2021 | Corporate Member News, News, Secondary News
Ofqual have now published the following in response to the Secretary of State’s address to the House of Commons yesterday: We are working with the Department and will begin to consult widely next week on possible arrangements for GCSEs, A levels and vocational and...
by cristahazell | Jan 6, 2021 | Corporate Member News, News
Over the festive season you might have missed this article in The Guardian, published on December 26th. Despite the UK’s exit from Europe only days away (at the time of publication), according to The Guardian, the number of people learning a language in Britain...
by cristahazell | Oct 14, 2020 | ALL News, Corporate Member News, Discussion Area, Language News, News, Secondary News, Teacher Briefings
Theme: GCSE Languages 2021 Background: OFQUAL was tasked by the Secretary of State in Autumn 2020 with mitigating the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on schooling in the academic years 2019-20 and 2020-21. For Languages the major recommendation was to make...
