by cristahazell | Mar 17, 2020 | ALL Event, ALL Language, ALL Local, ALL News, ALL Sector, Arabic event, Arabic events, Arabic News, CM Event, Corporate Member, East Anglia, East Anglia Event, East Midlands, East Midlands Event, Events, French event, French events, French Network, German event, German events, German Network, German News, Italian event, Italian events, Italian Network, Italian News, ITET events, ITET news, Japanese event, Japanese events, Japanese Network, Japanese News, Language Networks, Language News, London, London Event, Mandarin event, Mandarin events, Mandarin news, News, North East, North East Event, North West, North West Event, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Event, Other Event, Portuguese events, Portuguese news, Primary events, Primary News, Project News, Russian event, Russian events, Russian Network, Russian news, Secondary, Secondary events, Secondary News, South East, South East Event, South West, South West Event, Spanish event, Spanish events, Spanish Network, Spanish news, Student, Student Events, Student News, Teacher Briefings, Trainee events, Uncategorized, Wales, Wales Event, West Midlands, West Midlands Event, What's New, World Languages, World languages event, World languages events, World languages news, Yorkshire & Humber, Yorkshire & the Humber Event
Dear Colleagues, In light of the rapidly changing circumstances and advice around Covid-19, the decision has been taken by ALL Management Board to cancel or postpone all events, workshops or seminars up to Easter 2020 (12th April 2020) with immediate effect. We will...
by Clodagh Cooney | Dec 3, 2018 | Secondary, Secondary News, Secondary Reviews, Student, Student News, Student Reviews, Uncategorized
Thanks to ALL Council Member and West of England Branch Secretary Crista Hazell for reporting on the Inside Government Modern Foreign Languages 2018 conference An MFL conference is always exciting, the whole day committed to all things MFL, just brilliant! The...
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 27, 2018 | Secondary Reviews, Student Reviews
Title: Becoming an Outstanding Languages Teacher By: Steve Smith Price: Paperback: £16.99 David Shanks ALL Council Member and Harris Federation MFL Consultant Following on from co-authoring “The Language Teacher Toolkit” (2016), Steve Smith has written another...
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,...
by Victoria Mitchell | Apr 20, 2018 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
As the end of the year approaches, why not plan a themed celebration of languages? General ideas for a themed day: Invite children to come to school dressed in the colours of the flag of the language they are learning or as a famous person from that country Decorate...
by Victoria Mitchell | Apr 12, 2018 | Features, Primary Resources, Resources, Secondary Resources, Student Features, Student Resources
Guest blog by Rebecca Harwood At Christmas time our Teaching & Learning team give us all a #poundlandpedagogy present to use in a lesson and report back on. My first thought was a reluctant one – “great, more work” but this was quickly followed by a light...
by Victoria Mitchell | Feb 2, 2018 | Secondary Features, Secondary Resources, Student Features
Guest blog by Rebecca Harwood, Head of Languages. From the positive attention my recent “Keep Cool” display board generated on my departmental Twitter account, I am sure I am not the only teacher feeling ever so slightly anxious about her cohort’s summer 2018 MFL exam...
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...
