In the classroom: Joy of reading   Two years ago, I had an epiphany. Cast adrift from the island of MFL to teach English I had realised how steeped in fantastic literature English lessons were and how poor the literary diet was in MFL lessons, by comparison. What could MFL lessons learn from English lessons? […]

How to … use drama and performance to develop confidence and independence in speaking. Exactly ten years ago – Autumn 2014 – Languages Today published an article on ‘Transition: the next challenge’. Primary languages had just become statutory, and transition was a hot topic. I reported on a new KS2 / KS3 French/Drama initiative – […]

Amplifying children’s voices and expanding spaces for language and culture learning through a whole-school bilingual Russian-English project Vally Lytra, Maria Gavrilova, Paul Hume, Nadia Loureda, Tatiana Shtykova and Jelena Rosenberg  Vally Lytra is Reader in Languages in Education at Goldsmiths, University of London. Maria Gavrilova is Founder and Headteacher of Azbuka International School, where Paul Hume […]