Kate Percival is currently a Year 6 class teacher as well as a French teacher for Primary Languages Network. Kate also works as a Primary MFL consultant for PLN, supporting individual schools and running CPD courses for language coordinators. ­­­­­­­­­­­­__________________________________________________________________________________   Chance to shine I love how primary languages can act as a great leveller […]

Pronouns and possibilities Gender-neutral language and inclusivity in the MFL classroom Words are powerful things. Pronouns, in particular, are such small words but pack a punch beyond their size. These little words are currently at the centre of controversy in many of the grammatically gendered modern foreign languages widely taught in the UK. For example, […]

The Last Word Philip Swanson, Hughes Professor of Spanish, University of Sheffield Many of us in academia are probably used these days to living in a world where there is little respect for professional expertise and experience. Decisions about the direction of Modern Languages as a discipline (and, increasingly, about the Humanities more generally) are […]