by Helen Senior | Sep 15, 2017 | Features, Secondary Features, Secondary News, Student Features, Student News
What do undergraduates see as the major changes between learning a Language at school and at University? In 2017 Durham University students answered this question, reflecting on content, approaches and skills they feel are developed differently. A video compilation...
by Victoria Mitchell | Jul 7, 2017 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
Following on from the superb article featuring John le Carré celebrating why we should learn German, and the fantastic buzz this gave to language teachers around the country, ALL wanted to join the celebration of all things German. Here we highlight why people should...
by Victoria Mitchell | Apr 20, 2017 | Primary, Secondary, Student
There are many benefits to learning a second language. Of course there are the obvious reasons like having fun, being able to communicate with people from other countries and cultures and fulfilling the enjoyment of travelling with an awareness of the country’s...
by Victoria Mitchell | Apr 7, 2017 | Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
What does it mean to be a successful student in languages? What is the purpose of assessment? What does progress look like? How can progress be assessed most effectively? How do assessment practices in a department contribute/work with whole school policy? These...
by rachelm | Jan 19, 2017 | Consultations, Secondary, Student
In December 2016 the Department for Education (DfE) launched a consultation asking for views on A Level (and AS) subject content for Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Greek, Modern Hebrew, Japanese, Panjabi, Persian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish and Urdu. New qualifications...
by Wendy Newman | Nov 18, 2016 | Language News, News, Secondary, Student
In June 2016, the Teaching Schools Council (TSC) announced a review of modern foreign language pedagogy within secondary schools. The aim of the review was to produce an authoritative report on effective language pedagogy by Autumn 2016, drawing on the available...
by Wendy Newman | Nov 4, 2016 | Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
How does language influence culture and identity? One language dies every 14 days. By the next century nearly half of the ~7,000 languages spoken on Earth will likely disappear. But what is lost when a language falls silent? People and nature blur in the...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 21, 2016 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
Languages for all – why should everyone learn a language? Learning a language boosts self esteem, improves communication, and opens doors. According to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages: Research shows that language learning has a...
by Wendy Newman | Sep 5, 2016 | Features, Primary Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
The many ways in which languages boost brain power – who’s saying what: How morality changes in a foreign language: “Moral judgments made in a foreign language are less laden with the emotional reactions that surface when we use a language learned in...
by Wendy Newman | May 20, 2016 | Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
News from the British Academy Born Global is a British Academy project on languages and employability, which set out to develop a deeper understanding of language needs for employment, employer attitudes to languages and how languages are used in the workplace for...
by Wendy Newman | Apr 21, 2016 | Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
Language as a medium in education Does it work? Case Study: The Bilingual Stream – preparing the children for the world of tomorrow: The positive impact this approach is having on children and how learning another language is enhancing and enriching the...
by Wendy Newman | Apr 21, 2016 | Features, Secondary Features, Student Features
How Great Britain benefits from its diverse culture and languages Saturdays for success: How supplementary education can support pupils from all backgrounds to flourish: Published in September 2015 this IPPR report makes recommendations for how more pupils,...