by Victoria Mitchell | Jan 17, 2018 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
Guest blog by Peter Downes The recent British Council publication ‘Languages for the Future’ spells out clearly the challenge facing the MFL fraternity in the UK. MFL are fading in both the secondary and HE sectors at precisely the time when we are going to need more...
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 | Jan 4, 2018 | How to, Student Features
Jo Darley, Jenna Eccles and David Shanks share their top tips to help you excel in your first year of teaching. About the authors: Jo Darley is a French and Spanish specialist and has many years of experience teaching and leading languages at both primary and...
by Victoria Mitchell | Dec 13, 2017 | Student, Student News
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...
by Victoria Mitchell | Dec 8, 2017 | Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
Guest blog by Laura Simons, Second in Languages Faculty, Dylan Thomas Community School, Swansea, ALL Council Member and South Wales Network Lead Being a learner of many languages over the years has meant that I have often looked for ways to memorise vocabulary. In...
by Victoria Mitchell | Nov 29, 2017 | Features, Language Futures, Primary, Primary Features, Secondary, Secondary Features, Student, Student Features
Words: Clodagh Cooney, ALL Council Member, Language Futures Project Manager, Nottingham Primary Hub What is independence in language learning and how can it be encouraged? In Languages Today issue 22 on Learner Independence, Terry Lamb (Professor of Languages and...
by Victoria Mitchell | Nov 15, 2017 | Features, Primary Features, Student Features
Guest blog by primary language teacher and consultant and ALL Council member Clare Seccombe. Languages became a compulsory part of the Key Stage 2 curriculum in September 2014, and, since then, many schools have made great strides in their work. However, this is not...
by Victoria Mitchell | Nov 1, 2017 | Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
Guest Blog by Crista Hazell (Head of Department and ALL Council member) How to get more from the homework you set? What specific activities can be given as homework which will be effective? Homework or out of school learning, gets a bad reputation. I’ve always seen...
by Victoria Mitchell | Oct 6, 2017 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
Looking for ways to sustain the profile of languages post- European Day of Languages? Noelia Rivas shares her top tips to make languages more prominent in school life. Are you thinking of ways to give an extra dimension to language learning? Would you like to take...
by Victoria Mitchell | Sep 22, 2017 | Features, Secondary, Secondary Features, Student, Student Features
Guest blog by Lisa Probert, Head of Modern Foreign Languages, St Helen and St Katharine school, ALL Council member and Chair of the secondary steering group. At the start of a new school year our thoughts inevitably turn to transition. New colleagues, new classes and...
by Victoria Mitchell | Sep 20, 2017 | Features, Primary Features, Student Features
Guest blog by Lisa Stevens, primary language teacher and ALL Council member. There are several reasons why you might want to combine PE and languages. Firstly, the primary curriculum is rich in content and there are so many interesting and exciting subjects that we...
by Victoria Mitchell | Sep 20, 2017 | Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
Guest blog by Natalie Campbell, Trinity Catholic School, Nottingham. We all need to know what to do next in order to move forward. Whether you are writing a creative piece or speaking about a recent event or a future plan, a second opinion is useful. In the MFL...
