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...
by cristahazell | Apr 8, 2020 | 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
This year’s summer exam series in UK, including A levels, GCSEs and other qualifications, and all primary assessments have been cancelled to fight the spread of coronavirus. On 20 March 2020 the DfE announced that the exam regulator, Ofqual, and exam boards would work...
by cristahazell | Mar 19, 2020 | ALL Language, ALL Local, ALL News, ALL Sector, Corporate Member, Corporate Member News, Events, Features, Language News, News, Primary, Primary events, Resources, Secondary events, Secondary Features, Secondary News, What's New
Educandy.com: Create interactive activities for free Are you looking to can create interactive learning games but have no time to learn how? With Educandy, you can create engaging activities in minutes. Just enter your words, or questions and answers and Educandy...
by Clodagh Cooney | Nov 27, 2019 | Secondary Features
By Steven Fawkes, ALL This personal piece was written for the PIXL Languages Conference 2019 - to a theme they requested - and is reproduced here by kind agreement. PIXL is a partnership of over 1,600 secondary schools, 500 sixth forms, 830 primary schools and 75...
by Clodagh Cooney | Sep 2, 2019 | News, Resources, Secondary Features
Get started on eTwinning before 15 September to receive a free ‘Culture in a Box’ to your school! Why sign up? With more than 670,000 teachers from all over Europe collaborating on the eTwinning platform, it’s a good time to introduce the world to...
by Clodagh Cooney | Nov 15, 2018 | Corporate Member News, Features, Primary, Primary Features, Secondary, Secondary Features
Summer 2018 was to be my first experience of empty nest syndrome. Seeing my daughters off for a summer of travel, evoked memories of my own student days, spending carefree months immersed in foreign cultures. So it was sheer excitement when I saw a post on LiPS...
by charlottelr | Oct 18, 2018 | Features, My Best 10, Primary, Primary Features, Secondary, Secondary Features
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by Clodagh Cooney | Oct 18, 2018 | Features, Primary, Primary Features, Secondary, Secondary Features, Student, Student Features
Turn your students into active listeners – inside and outside the languages classroom – with these practical tips Listening in the context of foreign language learning is not just a neurological process, but also a cognitive one. Not only do listeners hear sounds,...
by Victoria Mitchell | May 10, 2018 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
The World Cup begins on 14 June 2018. To make sure you are prepared, take a look at the following ideas and resources we have compiled. Link your language lessons to football Work in teams…arrange your classroom in groups and give each table a country or team name...
by Victoria Mitchell | May 3, 2018 | Features, Secondary Features, Secondary News, Student, Student Features, Student News
Spring seems to be the time of year where debating and speaking competitions come to the fore. ALL would like to share its involvement in these events, the ways in which ALL members can become involved, and a range of resources to enhance your teaching of...
by Victoria Mitchell | May 3, 2018 | Secondary Features, Student Features
Guest blog by David. K. Slide, Head of Languages, Bristol. It’s 10am on a dull Tuesday morning. Period 2. Year 8 has entered the classroom. 30 pupils. As I close the door I am overcome with a sense of freedom. Free from data, free from book reviews, free from...
by Victoria Mitchell | Apr 20, 2018 | Primary, Primary Features, Primary Resources, Resources, Secondary, Secondary Features, Secondary Resources, Student, Student Features, Student Resources
Ease into transition with a complete set of resources to help support your pupils as they leave Key Stage 2 and make the transition into Key Stage 3. ALL Connect is ALL's CPD programme for teachers of languages at KS2 and KS3, which was introduced in September 2014,...
