This competition has now closed, but you can find the results on the Vocab Express website. The Vocab Express League of Champions is back for 2016, due to run from Wednesday 28 September until Tuesday 04 October 2016 – the perfect way to celebrate the European...
Update April 2016 Language Trends Survey 2015/16 This week, the results of the 2015/16 Language Trends survey were published. This important annual research is carried out by the British Council and Education Development Trust, supported by ALL and ISMLA. The Language...
GCSE & A Level qualifications in lesser taught languages to continue Following the reform of GCSE and A level qualifications, the exam boards announced in March 2015 that they would not be continuing to offer GCSE and A level qualifications in a number of smaller,...
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...
Billy Brick (Coventry University, Coventry) INTRODUCTION Most UK HE institutions provide the opportunity for students to study a foreign language or languages alongside their main degree subject. Institution-wide Language Provision (IWLP) sometimes referred to as...
Maria José Veiga (Researcher at the University of Aveiro, Transmedia Portugal) INTRODUCTION In the second half of the 20th century, foreign language teaching methods within the Portuguese Education system have proved to be translation resistant. By the end of the...
