Initiatives and Projects
ALL participates in a variety of projects for the benefit of language teachers and their learners.
Some projects we have led with grant-funding (such as the high profile ALL Connect initiative which created training modules and wikis, helping teachers of KS2 and KS3 languages to get to grips with the Programmes of Study introduced in 2014. This was funded through a two-year grant from the DfE.
ALL also led the Language Futures initiative from 2015-18: the findings of a two-year research exercise into the impact of the Language Futures approach on learners' achievement and motivation was presented in a keynote at Language World 2018.
Involvement in such projects is also enriching for the personal and professional development of ALL members.
ALL Projects
ALL has undertaken numerous projects for the benefit of language teachers and their learners. Some of the projects we lead are grant-funded such as the high profile ALL Connect initiative which created training modules and wikis for teachers of KS2 and KS3 languages to get to grips with the new Programmes of Study (2014). This was funded through a two-year grant from the DfE from 2013-2015.
ALL also led the Language Futures initiative from 2015-18: the findings of a two-year research exercise into the impact of the Language Futures approach on learners' achievement and motivation was presented in a keynote at Language World 2018.
Projects in partnership with ALL
ALL regularly works in partnership with other organisations with similar aims, and has been an active partner in European-funded initiatives, when these were available (THE LANGUAGE MAGICIAN, ELAPSE, Knights of the European Grail) as well as developing projects with other subject associations, cultural institutes and universities.
These are usually made possible through grant funding. ALL regularly seeks opportunities to source funding to develop and extend existing projects or to build on these to take them in a new direction based on the identified needs of language learners and teachers.
ELAPSE (primary and secondary)
The Language Magician (primary and secondary)
ALL Literature wiki (primary and secondary)
Project News & Updates
CLIL at Language World 2019
At this year's Language World conference, there will be a focus on CLIL. On Friday, there will be The thrill of CLIL! with Nadine Chadier. At St Jérôme Bilingual Primary where Nadine works, KS1 pupils learn Geography, Art and P.E. with embedded ICT through all...
Click, Connect, Learn – online language mentoring
The Click, Connect, Learn fund is funded by Nesta and was launched in order to explore how digital technology could work to make volunteer tutoring more accessible. In 2017, Language Futures was announced as one of three organisations to receive a grant to model,...
ELAPSE – Embedding Languages across Primary and Secondary Education
In September, we received some fantastic news from the British Council - ALL is part of a successful KA2 ERASMUS + application and along with our partners has been awarded funding for the ELAPSE project. ELAPSE (Embedding Languages Across Primary and Secondary...
Language Futures Research Study Findings
Language Futures is a highly personalised, innovative and creative approach to language teaching and learning suitable for both primary and secondary schools. It has been designed to foster deep learner engagement and enable pupils to take responsibility...
Language Magician – project update
ALL was a partner in the Erasmus+ project “THE LANGUAGE MAGICIAN” (2015-18) which developed an online game for the assessment of language skills at primary school level, now available free of charge to teachers who register here. The project produced: • A manual • A...
The Language Magician – almost ready to make magic!
The Language Magician is almost ready to launch! Primary schools will soon be able to use the Language Magician to assess their pupils language learning. A recap of the aims of The Language Magician: The Language Magician’s main objective is to develop an online...