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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Words: Matilde Erco, ALL Student Ambassador Dear student teachers, You may have heard that the first year as a trainee teacher is very hard. You may also have heard that it is going to be one of the most rewarding years of your life. So which is true? Which should we...
