by charlottelr | Mar 30, 2021 | Language World, News
Meeting UKALTA at Language World 2021 Attending Language World Conference for the first time in 2021 was new member Professor Lynda Taylor, President of UKALTA. We welcome her, and asked her to tell us more about her Association. ‘UKALTA is the UK Association for...
by cristahazell | Jan 30, 2020 | Action research, ALL Language, ALL Local, Corporate Member, Discussion Area, How to, Language World, News, Secondary, Secondary events, Secondary News, Uncategorized, What's New
Professor Neil Kenny, one of our Language World speakers has been commenting on the British Council released from Monday, focusing on the gender gap in modern foreign languages at GCSE. Read more here The rest of this post can only be viewed by members. Please click...
by Clodagh Cooney | Feb 28, 2019 | Language World, News, Project News
At this year’s Language World conference, there will be a focus on CLIL. On Friday, there will be The thrill of CLIL! with Nadine Chadier. At St Jérôme Bilingual Primary where Nadine works, KS1 pupils learn Geography, Art and P.E. with embedded ICT through all...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 26, 2010 | Language World
Language World 2009, at the University of Leicester, 3-4 April 2009, was about “Grasping the Nettle”. ALL President Pauline Swanton invited delegates ‘facing all manner of challenges‘, to ‘share experiences and information, learn new skills and catch up on news and...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 26, 2010 | Language World
Language World 2008 was at the University of Oxford, 11-12 April 2008. ALL President Helen Myers’ theme was “Pulling the Threads Together”: ‘the chance to …pull together to create strong and sustainable outcomes, resulting in really effective learning’. Plenary...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 26, 2010 | Language World
Language World 2007 returned to the University of Oxford, 30-31 March 2007. ALL President David Wilson highlighted the importance of “Expanding Horizons”, and ‘positive messages about the importance of language learning.’ LW2007 Plenary speakers were Lord Dearing, Dr...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 26, 2010 | Language World
Language World 2006 “Working Together” was back in the North West, at the University of Manchester, 07-08 April 2006. ALL President Kathy Wicksteed introduced a one day conference on ‘Every Learner Matters’, as well as a wider programme of plenaries and workshops...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 26, 2010 | Language World
Language World 2005 was at the University of Kent at Canterbury, 01-03 July 2005. ALL President Barry Jones emphasised “Creating Opportunities”, to enhance teaching & learning, through ICT, innovation, motivation and cross-curricular work. The LW2005 Plenary...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 26, 2010 | Language World
Language World 2004 “Reaching Out” came to the University of Oxford, 02-04 April 2004. ALL President Bill Musk aimed to ‘reflect the enriching effect of languages within the education system’, through plenaries such as The Promotion of Language Learning &...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 26, 2010 | Language World
Language World 2003 “Next Steps” was at the University of Bath, 04-06 April 2003. This year saw the return of Steven Fawkes as ALL President, who echoed the theme of the conference in his welcome to Language World 2003 with the comment that ‘the UK still needs...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 26, 2010 | Language World
Language World 2002 “Building Bridges” was in York, 12-14 April 2002. ALL President Terry Lamb presided over a jam-packed programme, and provided a jam-packed welcome speech for the conference guide, notably referring to verging on ‘a new era in language...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 26, 2010 | Language World
Language World 2001 “Motivation… for all!” revisited UMIST in Manchester, 6-8 April 2001, with ALL President Steven Fawkes who referred to ‘the advent of the European Year of Languages in 2001 opening up the international dimension’. This year there...
