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by cristahazell | Jul 2, 2020 | Japanese Discussions, Japanese Network, Japanese News, News, What's New
These 10 great novels carefully crafted by The Guardian – featuring Murakami and Murata – uncover the mystery of Japan in a way ‘documentarists about families living with robots’ never will. These books speak for a Japan that is often spoken for and about, and...
by cristahazell | Jul 1, 2020 | ALL News, Corporate Member, Corporate Member News, Discussion Area, Language News, News, Teacher Briefings, What's New
Theme: Language Trends 2020 Background: The annual Language Trends report was published here in late June: https://www.britishcouncil.org/research-policy-insight/research-reports/language-trends-2020 Key messages: We have extracted here some of the key findings of...
by cristahazell | Jun 19, 2020 | Corporate Member, German Discussions, German event, German events, German Network, German News, German Zone, News, What's New
If you teach German, please note that ‘German as a Foreign Language World Wide – The 2020 survey on German as a Foreign Language’ in the world launched earlier this month. Please take a moment to complete the survey and share the following link with colleagues...
by cristahazell | Jun 19, 2020 | Action research, Discussion Area, Events, Language News, News, Primary, Secondary, Secondary News, What's New
Teaching and Learning Languages in Primary Schools: Putting Research into Practice. A new MOOC (free online course). A team of researchers at the Universities of Southampton, Essex and Reading have developed a free online course, open to anyone, to encourage...
by cristahazell | Jun 15, 2020 | Japanese Discussions, Japanese Network, Japanese News, News, What's New
Have you always wanted to travel to Tokyo? Or perhaps want to explore this wonderful city more deeply? The Guardian has collated a list of Top 10 books to help you discover ‘quiet stories of domestic life’ through to crime thrillers, not for the faint...
by charlottelr | May 13, 2020 | News, Spanish Discussions, Spanish Network, Spanish news, Spanish Zone, What's New
Are you longing to travel to Spain again? Many of us are! Thanks to an article in The Guardian you can be transported from your own home through 10 fantastic novels which traverse ‘Spain’s varied landscapes, languages, culture and cuisine’. Enjoy. ...
by cristahazell | May 11, 2020 | Corporate Member, German Discussions, German event, German Network, German News, German Zone, Language News, News, Other Event, Secondary News, What's New
Call for Abstracts – Submission Open The next International German Teacher Conference (IDT2021) will take place in Summer 2021 in Vienna, Austria. The call for abstracts is open from 1st April until 15th September 2020 so please do get thinking about what you...
by cristahazell | May 11, 2020 | ALL Sector, CM Event, Corporate Member, Corporate Member News, German Discussions, German event, German Network, German News, German Zone, Language News, News, Primary, Secondary, What's New
Nominations for the 17th Annual German Teacher Award are open, again but are closing soon! Our wonderful colleagues at the German Embassy in London have extended their deadline to nominate your outstanding German Teacher! Exciting! So a reminder of what you need to...
by cristahazell | May 11, 2020 | ALL Sector, CM Event, Corporate Member, Corporate Member News, News, Secondary News, Spanish Discussions, Spanish event, Spanish Network, Spanish news, Spanish resources, Spanish Zone, What's New
The Education and MFL Advisers at the Consejería de Educación (The Spanish Embassy Education Office in UK and in Ireland) together with Extenda, the Andalusian Promotion Agency have developed 8 free workshops for Spanish Teachers, starting on May 12th until...
by cristahazell | May 11, 2020 | ALL Sector, Discussion Area, Events, French Discussions, French event, French Network, French News, French Zone, News, Other Event, What's New
ALL has a new friend in an organisation called Francophonia, based in Nice, whose mission is to support teachers of French as a foreign language (FLE) around the world in a spirit of solidarité. In normal times the Francophonia team organises and runs live training...
by cristahazell | May 1, 2020 | ALL Sector, Corporate Member News, Discussion Area, News, Secondary, Secondary News, What's New
As you are aware the Ofqual consultation on arrangements for exam grading and assessment in 2020 closed recently. Please see the The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages (APPG MFL) response here. APPFMFLtoOfqual27.04.20
by cristahazell | Apr 28, 2020 | Japanese Discussions, Japanese Network, Japanese News, News
Looking for something new to read about Japan? The Guardian compiled a top 10 lists of books taking in folklore, history and the world’s first novel, here is some of the best reading about an endlessly inventive country. Read more here.