by cristahazell | Apr 28, 2020 | ALL News, ALL Sector, Corporate Member News, Discussion Area, Features, Language News, News, What's New
UK Council for Subject Associations launches directory to support educators The Association of Language Learning (ALL), like many other subject associations is experiencing a surge in demand for practical resources to support home learning as schools close to all but...
by cristahazell | Mar 25, 2020 | Action research, ALL News, ALL Sector, Corporate Member News, Discussion Area, Events, Features, How to, Language News, News, Primary, Secondary News, Teacher Briefings, Uncategorized, What's New
In the context of the current pandemic and governmental advice about avoiding / limiting personal contact or staying at home entirely schools and teachers are looking for ways of using technology and self-study approaches to help students continue their language...
by cristahazell | Mar 19, 2020 | ALL Language, ALL Local, ALL News, ALL Sector, Corporate Member, Corporate Member News, Events, Features, Language News, News, Primary, Primary events, Resources, Secondary events, Secondary Features, Secondary News, What's New
Educandy.com: Create interactive activities for free Are you looking to can create interactive learning games but have no time to learn how? With Educandy, you can create engaging activities in minutes. Just enter your words, or questions and answers and Educandy...
by cristahazell | Feb 24, 2020 | Action research, ALL Sector, Corporate Member, Discussion Area, Initiatives, Pedagogy, Primary events, Secondary, Secondary events, Teacher Briefings, Uncategorized, What's New
Theme: Effects of high-quality professional development on teachers and students Background: A new report (February 2020) from the Education Policy Institute undertakes a detailed review of the evidence on the impact of teacher professional development. The Key...
by cristahazell | Feb 10, 2020 | ALL Language, News, Pedagogy, Secondary, Secondary News, Teacher Briefings, Uncategorized
Theme: Boys and Languages This is an overview of a very recent report led by the British Council and the Education Policy Institute published in January 2020. The report comes in two parts: Part 1 looks at the background, while Part 2 looks at schools’ strategies....
by Clodagh Cooney | Nov 15, 2018 | Corporate Member News, Features, Primary, Primary Features, Secondary, Secondary Features
Summer 2018 was to be my first experience of empty nest syndrome. Seeing my daughters off for a summer of travel, evoked memories of my own student days, spending carefree months immersed in foreign cultures. So it was sheer excitement when I saw a post on LiPS...
by charlottelr | Oct 18, 2018 | Features, My Best 10, Primary, Primary Features, Secondary, Secondary Features
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by Clodagh Cooney | Oct 18, 2018 | Features, Primary, Primary Features, Secondary, Secondary Features, Student, Student Features
Turn your students into active listeners – inside and outside the languages classroom – with these practical tips Listening in the context of foreign language learning is not just a neurological process, but also a cognitive one. Not only do listeners hear sounds,...
by Victoria Mitchell | May 10, 2018 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
The World Cup begins on 14 June 2018. To make sure you are prepared, take a look at the following ideas and resources we have compiled. Link your language lessons to football Work in teams…arrange your classroom in groups and give each table a country or team name...
by Victoria Mitchell | May 3, 2018 | Features, Secondary Features, Secondary News, Student, Student Features, Student News
Spring seems to be the time of year where debating and speaking competitions come to the fore. ALL would like to share its involvement in these events, the ways in which ALL members can become involved, and a range of resources to enhance your teaching of...
by Victoria Mitchell | Apr 20, 2018 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
As the end of the year approaches, why not plan a themed celebration of languages? General ideas for a themed day: Invite children to come to school dressed in the colours of the flag of the language they are learning or as a famous person from that country Decorate...
by Victoria Mitchell | Apr 12, 2018 | Features, Primary Resources, Resources, Secondary Resources, Student Features, Student Resources
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 bulb...
