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French Film Competition 2012

The Japan Foundation

Japan Webpage Contest for Schools

St Paul's School

Italian teacher required / Summer Term

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Head of Modern Languages

ALL Russian Essay Competition 2012

South London Regional French debating competition

British Academy Schools Language Awards

Smatterings: Why Languages Matter, 26-27 March 2012

You are warmly invited to a Cumberland Lodge conference on the cultural and health benefits of bi- and multilingualism. With speakers and delegates representing teachers, academics, poets, translators and policy officers, we should raise some action points for the British Academy’s Language Matters scheme, towards reversing the downward trend in language uptake in schools and universities.

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Reviews - updated September 2011

Research on teaching languages

The Minister for State is keen to gather "More information and analysis of how the best independent schools teach languages (including from the age of 5)".

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Statement on public examinations.

This summer’s results were the first with the new specification and the new arrangements for the speaking exam. We are disappointed that there has been a further decline in numbers taking languages, especially in French and German. We urge the Government to take action to address the issue of severe grading: this affects both GCSE and A-level in state and independent sectors. It is more important than ever that language teachers are supported by ensuring that there is transparency in the exam grading process and a level playing field right through to A* at A-level. The tinkering with UCAS points suggested by David Willetts is too little, too late; we need to ensure that there is sufficient confidence in the public exam grading process to avoid discouraging talented students from ever taking up languages.

The Sir Robert Taylor Society

The Oliver Prior Society

UK Linguistics Olympiad website

2012 UK Linguistics Olympiad Update

Materials from the talk on Exchanges by Duncan Byrne at the ISMLA Conference, 2011

 ISMLA Members Request Page / Forum

Speakers for MFL societies

Update on the Vetting and Barring Scheme

Médecins Sans Frontières video resources for French students.

Prep Schools Information Page

Links into Languages Update

ISMLA Conference 2009 materials