Breaking down boundaries – between languages and literacy Dick Hudson   Language learning is all about building connections in the learners’ minds, and what could be better than connections to their own language and to the way they think? Here’s an example of how linguistics could help in your Languages classroom: a comparison between the […]

Clare Seccombe, author of this blog, has been sharing resources, purpose-made for the Primary Language classroom, for nearly 20 years. LT celebrates here Clare’s commitment to her colleagues, and the recent award she has richly deserved.   All teachers, including primary languages teachers, are short of time, and I hope that being able to access […]

To paraphrase JFK “Ask not what your German teacher can do for you, but what you can do for your German teachers.” His message of solidarity has relevance today at a time when the teaching and learning of German is once again feeling the pinch, despite a plethora of excellent, expert and enthusiastic teachers. Summer […]