Going from “have to” to “want to”

…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...

New on the ALL website: January 2022

In this occasional News feature we point you at some of the highlight contributions you might otherwise have missed! Locate the content by navigating across the content headings of the website : https://www.all-languages.org.uk/ About News Trainee teacher Primary...

The New Normal

ALL is grateful to Sonja Fedrizzi from our sister organisation in Scotland (SALT) for sharing her thoughts on the New Normal.   At the 2020 annual SALT conference, I was fortunate to share my experience of teaching ML in the ‘new normal’. My presentation,...

Express Yourself in Lockdown

We all know that Speaking a language confidently and coherently is an important thing, and forms a critical part of linguistic and cultural development for all learners of languages. One of the impacts of COVID-19 has meant that many pupils have had fewer...

Online Courses for Spanish Language Teachers in the UK and Ireland

Cursos de formación en línea para profesorado británico e irlandés de español (octubre-noviembre 2020)   El Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional de España ofrece plazas a profesorado británico e irlandés de español para cursos en línea que se desarrollarán...