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All the latest news from the world of languages and language teaching.Statement following Ofqual announcement about GCSE ML in 2024
Association for Language Learning Statement following Ofqual announcement about GCSE ML in 2024 Ofqual issued, as part of today’s announcement on grading in summer 2024, a specific statement on languages. Statement by Ofqual on GCSE French and German: Ofqual decided...
British Academy calls to next government to strengthen humanities and social sciences
The British Academy calls for next government to strengthen humanities and social sciences to tackle the UK's biggest challenges. The next government must urgently bolster humanities and social sciences in higher education and research, to fully address the UK’s...
Education Select Committee publishes report on Teacher Recruitment
The Education Select Committee has now published its report into Teacher Recruitment and was released to the public this morning. Below, see their press release and you can download the full report here . ALL features in the report following our...
An update from: Oak National Academy
Oak is changing. As you know Oak National Academy came about over a very short timescale during the 2020 Easter holiday as a coming together of teachers, schools and academy trusts. They had the vision, and some capacity, to pull together a fully functioning...
An update from: Oak National Academy
Oak is changing. As you know Oak National Academy came about over a very short timescale during the 2020 Easter holiday as a coming together of teachers, schools and academy trusts. They had the vision, and some capacity, to pull together a fully functioning...
Endangered and Minoritised Languages of Eastern and Southeastern Europe
Endangered and Minoritised Languages of Eastern and Southeastern Europe PROLang event on the endangered and minoritised languages of Eastern and Southeastern Europe (and beyond). 07 May 2024, 1:00 pm–5:00 pm Quite a few of the languages spoken in Eastern and...
News: Language Learning in Britain (The Conversation)
We are pleased to signpost a couple of articles that have appeared recently in The Conversation, and which make a strong case for the value of language learning, intercultural education and international mobility. ‘The UK is poorer without Erasmus – it’s time to...
News: AI and the Value of Language Learning
UCFL’s Chair, Professor Emma Cayley, recently joined colleagues across the sector to comment on current challenges and initiatives to promote languages learning, particularly in the context of perceived threats or opportunities raised by AI. Their comments feature in...
New on the ALL website (April 2024)
New on the ALL website (April 2024) The website is regularly refreshed with content contributed by ALL Council , ALL members, volunteers, cultural partners, corporate members and others. In April 2024 you might want to have a scroll through :...
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 click here to read the full article.
Association for Language Learning welcomes New Schools Languages Programme
The Association for Language Learning welcomes the announcement by the Department of Education to invest £14.9 million over the next three years to boost language education. ALL supports the programme’s aim to increase the uptake of languages at Key Stage 4 and 5. Liz...
Ministers put £15m towards tackling decline in language learning in England
Ministers have awarded an almost £15m contract to tackle the systemic decline in the number of pupils in England taking foreign languages at GCSE and A-level. University College London’s Institute of...
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