News: AI and the Value of Language Learning

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...

New on the ALL website (April 2024)

New on the ALL website (April 2024)   The website is regularly refreshed with content contributed  by ALL Council , ALL members, volunteers, cultural partners, corporate members and others.   In April 2024 you might want to have a scroll through :...

Going from “have to” to “want to”

…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...

UCL: Preserving endangered languages as 3D shapes

Preserving endangered languages as 3D shapes by University College London 3D printed objects from English (left) and Tariana (right) prototypes (above). Credit: Mike Lucibella Half of the world’s languages are endangered and more than a thousand are expected to...