Why not join the British Council #celebratespeaking online festival on Thu 25 April 3.30pm to see some of the favourite entries reprise their entry live 😎 
Supported by the cultural institutes, ALL, NCLE, & QFI.
Register here to get the link & drop in: forms.office.com/e/JSF8e1BFdJ

We need more young people studying languages across the UK. We need opportunities for them to meet and engage with peers, especially in Europe. Not engaging with #ERASMUS because we don't have the language skills we sorely need is so.... short-sighted. APPG Modern Languages

🇫🇷🇪🇸🇩🇪 For anyone interested, I've spent the last couple of days compiling all of the news articles sent out in the MFL News newsletters from 2021 - 2023 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇩🇪

You can access them here! drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

#mfltwitterati #mflchat #mflnews

New article on a topic that - as chair of the UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social Widening Participation Languages Network - I care very passionately about. timeshighereducation.com/blog/we-must-p…

Reminder that the DfE consultation on the Advanced British Standard (ABS) for 16-19 provision closes on 20th March 2024. Anyone with thoughts on language provision in schools is invited to respond: consult.education.gov.uk/advanced-briti…

Still time to register for 'The Power of Language', part of Stories of OUr Lives, online tommorow morning, Saturday 2 March, with Jolene Sheehan Yaron Matras

Date for your diary🗓️- Free zoominar on 13 March: how does education policy, including EBacc & P8, affect language learning in schools? With Dr Abigail Parrish, researcher in MFL learner motivation.
Details and registration below!⬇️
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🚨 Get your application in by midnight tomorrow for 'Deutschland Plus' 2-week immersive learning course for Y10/Y12 students in Germany this summer - most costs covered by UK/German governments. Fabulous opportunity - details below!
ukgermanconnection.org/yp/get-involve…
Via UK-German Connection

🔔 New webinar alert! 🔔

We're pleased to share that Abigail Parrish will be joining us on Wednesday 13th March for 'Languages for all? The push and pull of policy'. It's free to RSVP and all are welcome, so spread the word 😎

🎟️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Are you an Italian teacher (or do you know one)? 🇮🇹❤️You/they might be interested in the annual networking event for Italian teachers taking place on 24 May at Nottingham University. Details here! ⬇️ niliuk2023.wixsite.com/nili-uk/eventi…

What's new on The Languages Gateway this month?!
24 new resources that's what!
From across the UK and across different sectors: have a browse here! ⬇️🤩
thelanguagesgateway.uk/explore/types/…

Course closures bring risk of ‘humanities cold spots’ timeshighereducation.com/news/course-cl… via Times Higher Education

UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social quoted in this Times Higher Education article on cold spots and the risks of closures for access to higher education Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA)

Today, 21 February, is #InternationalMotherLanguageDay . A national languages strategy promotes #multilingualism and celebrates all languages equally. Today we share the celebration of the many languages spoken and used in households across the UK.
#LiveLoveLearn a language

'By raising the value of one subject, we raise the value of all.' 💯

Tallulah Holley from SHAPE in Schools and Languages Unpacked explores Languages and the Learning Landscape on the blog. Read the full article and share your thoughts, #MFLTwitterati 👇🏽
zurl.co/BAQB

Save the date: The World of Languages and Languages of the World (WoLLoW). 3rd Annual Conference - WoLLoW at Work in the World, 7 March 2024 University of Manchester. Free to attend theworldoflanguages.co.uk