How to teach languages through art

by Victoria Mitchell | Nov 15, 2017 | Features, News, Primary Features, Primary News, Secondary Features

Words: Nicky Mcintosh, Learning Team Leader, Culture Coventry ‘What can you see in this picture?’ ‘Can you find the words in your dictionary?’ ‘What is she thinking?’ ‘Portrait of Miss Ashwanden in Cookham’ by Stanley Spencer...

Convincing your headteacher that primary languages are important

by Victoria Mitchell | Nov 15, 2017 | Features, Primary Features, Student Features

Guest blog by primary language teacher and consultant and ALL Council member Clare Seccombe. Languages became a compulsory part of the Key Stage 2 curriculum in September 2014, and, since then, many schools have made great strides in their work. However, this is not...

Pointers to setting effective homework

by Victoria Mitchell | Nov 1, 2017 | Features, Secondary Features, Student Features

Guest Blog by Crista Hazell (Head of Department and ALL Council member) How to get more from the homework you set? What specific activities can be given as homework which will be effective? Homework or out of school learning, gets a bad reputation. I’ve always seen...

Ways to sustain the profile of languages

by Victoria Mitchell | Oct 6, 2017 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features

Looking for ways to sustain the profile of languages post- European Day of Languages?  Noelia Rivas shares her top tips to make languages more prominent in school life. Are you thinking of ways to give an extra dimension to language learning? Would you like to take...

Making Transition seamless

by Victoria Mitchell | Sep 22, 2017 | Features, Secondary, Secondary Features, Student, Student Features

Guest blog by Lisa Probert, Head of Modern Foreign Languages, St Helen and St Katharine school, ALL Council member and Chair of the secondary steering group. At the start of a new school year our thoughts inevitably turn to transition. New colleagues, new classes and...

Superb ways to combine a language with PE

by Victoria Mitchell | Sep 20, 2017 | Features, Primary Features, Student Features

Guest blog by Lisa Stevens, primary language teacher and ALL Council member. There are several reasons why you might want to combine PE and languages. Firstly, the primary curriculum is rich in content and there are so many interesting and exciting subjects that we...