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An update from: Oak National Academy

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...

Endangered and Minoritised Languages of Eastern and Southeastern Europe

by cristahazell | Apr 30, 2024 | Language News, News

Endangered and Minoritised Languages of Eastern and Southeastern Europe PROLang event on the endangered and minoritised languages of Eastern and Southeastern Europe (and beyond). 07 May 2024, 1:00 pm–5:00 pm Quite a few of the languages spoken in Eastern and...

News: Language Learning in Britain (The Conversation)

by cristahazell | Apr 30, 2024 | Language News, News

We are pleased to signpost a couple of articles that have appeared recently in The Conversation, and which make a strong case for the value of language learning, intercultural education and international mobility. ‘The UK is poorer without Erasmus – it’s time to...

News: AI and the Value of Language Learning

by cristahazell | Apr 30, 2024 | Language News, News

UCFL’s Chair, Professor Emma Cayley, recently joined colleagues across the sector to comment on current challenges and initiatives to promote languages learning, particularly in the context of perceived threats or opportunities raised by AI. Their comments feature in...

Going from “have to” to “want to”

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...