Two new reports on language teaching in degree programmes (for less-widely taught languages and institution-wide language programmes) have recently been published by the the University Council of Modern Languages (UCML) and the Association of University Language...
Exam boards choose not to redevelop GCSE and A level exams in small-entry languages With the introduction of new GCSE and A level specifications for languages from 2016 (for French, German and Spanish – 2017 for other languages) – some exam boards have announced their...
Celebrating achievement in Japanese! The Japan Webpage Contest for Schools is organised by the Japan Foundation London, Japan’s principal organisation for promoting international cultural exchange, and supported by the Association for Language Learning, the...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard reacts to the “Asian Century”, by which she refers to the unstoppable” rise of Asia, “a transformation as profound as any that have defined Australia throughout our history”, and prepares to establish firmer connections...