by Victoria Mitchell | Apr 13, 2018 | ALL News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, Student News
More than three in four British business leaders believe speaking Mandarin will give school leavers a career advantage over their counterparts, according to a survey published this week by YouGov. The new survey, commissioned by the Mandarin Excellence Programme, aims...
by charlottelr | Feb 2, 2018 | ALL News, Primary News
The Northern Ireland Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (NICILT), has recently launched a call for undergraduate students of French, Irish and Spanish at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) to ‘adopt a class’ of twelve year olds at their former...
by Victoria Mitchell | Feb 1, 2018 | Primary News, Secondary News, Student News
Guest blog by ALL Student Ambassadors, Florence Brown and Tessa Stevenson, who attended the APPG meeting at the House of Lords An All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) meeting was held on Monday 29 January at the House of Lords on the topic of the cognitive benefits of...
by Victoria Mitchell | Jan 24, 2018 | Features, News, Primary Features, Primary News, Secondary Features, Secondary News, Student Features, Student News
Are you a French teacher? A teacher of other subjects in French? A trainer? A language leader or coordinator? A French language assistant ? A student teacher ? A head of school or language department? Becoming a member on IFprofs is FREE and will help you: 1) Find...
by Victoria Mitchell | Jan 19, 2018 | Primary News, Secondary News, Student News
Here at the Association for Language Learning (ALL) we like to keep members up to date with initiatives which will support your practice. We would therefore like to draw your attention to a new online, open-access journal called “Languages, Society and Policy” run by...
by Victoria Mitchell | Jan 15, 2018 | News, Primary News, Secondary News
Nominations for ALL Fellowship 2018 are now open! The award of fellowship recognises ALL Individual Members who have made a long-standing contribution to language learning in the UK. This will be beyond the call of their professional role and may be on a national or...
by Victoria Mitchell | Jan 10, 2018 | Primary News, Secondary News, Student Features, Student News
ALL Council member David Shanks reflects on the benefits of becoming a member of ALL and engaging in local and regional events. I first became aware of ALL whilst completing my PGCE at the Institute of Education in 2009-10. I duly took advantage of a next-to-nothing...
by Helen Senior | Dec 11, 2017 | ALL News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, Student News
ALL is spreading a little festive cheer between 11-22 December 2017 with its 12 days of Christmas campaign. Traditionally the twelve days of Christmas are the days between Christmas Day and the Epiphany, Jan. 6th when Christians celebrate the arrival of the Magi (Wise...
by Helen Senior | Nov 30, 2017 | Language Futures, News, Primary News, Secondary News, Student News
“As we learn to adapt to a shifting international landscape, a new approach to developing our young people as competent linguists could prove crucial.” Following the DfE’s English Baccalaureate (EBacc) consultation, the government’s revised target is for...
by Victoria Mitchell | Nov 15, 2017 | Features, News, Primary Features, Primary News, Secondary Features
Words: Nicky Mcintosh, Learning Team Leader, Culture Coventry ‘What can you see in this picture?’ ‘Can you find the words in your dictionary?’ ‘What is she thinking?’ ‘Portrait of Miss Ashwanden in Cookham’ by Stanley Spencer...
by Victoria Mitchell | Oct 5, 2017 | ALL News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, Student News
Thinking about language CPD for yourself, or are you a head of department or head teacher looking to support your language teachers with CPD for this academic year? Language World 2018 is an ideal event to boost and invest in teachers’ professional...
by Victoria Mitchell | Oct 5, 2017 | ALL News, News, Primary News, Secondary News, Student News
Wishing all teachers a very happy World Teacher’s Day! To celebrate we would like to highlight some of the fantastic work from teachers across the globe. Read about French teacher Meghan Chance who teaches French in New York. Compare your typical teaching day...