Language-Today-Issue-35-May-2020

ALL’s Platinum Corporate Members
Help from ALL’s Platinum Corporate Members
Thanks to the ALL Platinum Corporate Members
who supported a successful exhibition at
Language World 2020 in Manchester, and
especially to those who have contributed so
much to the Languages community in the
current challenging circumstances, along with
others.
telc stands for The European Language Certificates. Telc gGmbH
is one of the leading providers of standardized language tests.
The core of our work is the development, implementation and
dissemination of over 90 exams in ten languages.
In the past few years, the non-profit telc GmbH has developed from
a pure test provider into a broader education provider. A training
program for teachers as well as practical teaching and learning
materials for the classroom complete our service. You, as an ISO
9001 certified company, can make the highest demands on the
quality of our work.
As the first British institute on continental Europe, our mission is to
connect the UK with the Francophone world by providing a hub
for fruitful academic exchange and enabling our students to gain
invaluable international experience.
Originally known as the Franco-British Guild, the Institute is
dedicated to promoting the study of language and cultural
understanding and continues to offer its outstanding French Studies
programme.
In addition, we work closely with our principal partner Queen Mary
University of London, one of the top 100 universities in the world, to
offer world-class academic opportunities in a number of fields.
https://ulip.london.ac.uk/
Voyager School Travel has proudly built a reputation for providing
teachers with educational school trips where their students can learn,
thrive and achieve their potential outside the classroom. We believe
that every school trip should offer exciting confidence-building
experiences for students, engaging activities that promote learning
and genuine exposure to different cultures, which all combine to
achieve real educational outcomes and lasting memories.
Each year, teachers trust us with the safety of 25,000 pupils on trips
all over the world and we welcome over 11,000 students to our
company-owned and exclusive centres
https://ulip.london.ac.uk/
NST is the UK’s leading educational travel company. We create
expertly planned, tailor-made language tours, which enrich learning
by immersing pupils in the culture and daily rhythms of the target
language.
Through language-led visits, pupils can practise their listening and
speaking skills, increasing their ability confidence in the target
language.
www.nstgroup.co.uk
Sanako UK is offering free use its popular on-line system Sanako
Connect supporting MFL teachers until 30th June 2020. On any
device you can;
• Upload/share exercises, audio, video, text
• Quickly create simple languages exercises
• Collect back and separate audio track as required for some exams
• Ask live questions of all students for Oral assessments
• Collect back students work
• Monitor and intercom with live students remotely
• Create Live role play activities
• Embed YouTube Videos, and files
• Carry out image description tasks
If you would like to take advantage of this offer please just send me
an e mail and we can get you up and running within an hour.
David.Binns@Sanako.com
https://sanako.co.uk/products
www.telc.net
We’ve been humbled by the kind emails we’ve received from the
100s of schools who are using their free trials of thisislanguage.
com to motivate their students while teaching remotely because of
Covid-19. It’s been inspiring.
Our offer of a free trial is still open to schools who have yet to take
advantage of it. To register your interest and get started simply email
schools@thisislanguage.com with “Lockdown trial” in the subject
line and we’ll take it from there!
www.thisislanguage.com
Please visit our website at the University of East Anglia resources for
remote language teaching.
What makes us tick at UEA is our focus on real-world practical
communication. Download our discussion booklet to read about
how crime translates, migrant professional footballers communicate,
music affects politics in Latin America, and whether the French
language is too protected.
Also find here our languages + skills materials for year 9s and
above. In due course, we can send you physical copies via these
forms Languages Discussion Brochure https://bit.ly/2XCrXDx
Languages + Skills Teaching Pack https://bit.ly/350Rp7r Bon
courage, Buena suerte, Bleibt stark, 頑 張 ろう
https://www.uea.ac.uk/lcs
uTalk Classroom - an offer FREE for all UK secondary schools from
now until the end of July.
Choose 3 languages out of over 140, plus EAL if required.
• An unlimited number of students use the award-winning uTalk
app to play speaking and listening games in over 60 topics.
• Works on any standard device - tablets, phones, laptops... online
or offline.
• Each learner has their own account.
• Teachers get a dashboard to monitor pupil progress and
attainment.
• Easy set-up; we do the work so your students can start learning
immediately!
Contact susannah@utalk.com 07749288578 so we can get you up
and running straight away.
www.utalk.com
Yabla is a revolutionary resource for language learners that offers
innovative tools built around authentic video content from around
the world.
Yabla is designed to act as an immersion workbook, improving
students’ language acquisition through regular exposure to real
native speakers and consistent spelling and vocabulary practice. And
it’s fun!
www.yabla.com
ALL TEACHER BRIEFINGS
ALL Briefings are prepared by volunteers from the ALL Council for the benefit of ALL members.
They support members by presenting select highlights of current projects, initiatives, documents and policy changes in a
succinct form. They also propose questions for discussion or reflection and for exploration with other colleagues..
Any opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily constitute the policy of the Association for
Language Learning
Most recent and forthcoming briefings
May 2020 In planning Language learning, cultural capital and SMSC
May 2020 In planning Re-evaluating the Primary scheme of work
April 2020 21 2020 School Exams cancellation arrangements
March 2020 20 Remote working / teaching online
February 2020 19 Effects of high-quality professional development on teachers and students
February 2020 18 Boys and Languages
January 2020 17 Current initiatives
September 2019 13, 14, 15, 16 What Primary Language Coordinators need to know
August 2019 12 Guidance for Governors
July 2019 11 Language Trends 2019
June 2019 10 OFSTED EIF
May 2019 9 School Exchanges and Study Visits - International Experience
Still of live interest
October 2018 5 Transition
Find the Briefings on the website: https://www.all-languages.org.uk/?s=teacher+briefings
www.all-languages.org.uk
Summer 2020 16 www.all-languages.org.uk
Summer 2020
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