This was a really insightful and inspiring event - thank you to everyone! #MFLTwitterati

I'm really looking forward to reading a journal submission from one of our current #LangsLeadScot participants who joined this event remotely 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #CriticalWriting #BuildingCapacity #ResearchInformed #LanguagesMatter #LeadershipMatters

🚨 DiGS is coming to Oxford!🚨 Share widely and don't forget to submit an abstract 🧑‍💻 Organised by yours truly 😊

Not long now to the Day of Languages! Don't forget the annual Writing competition from ALL Languages open to schools all over the UK! all-languages.org.uk/events/competi…

Secondary languages teachers in Newcastle/NE register for the first meeting of the new secondary Newcastle Network at 6.30pm on 8th October with HelenMyers (ALL) on the new GCSE curriculum and A Level curriculum: Registration link and information internationalnewcastle.org.uk/secondary-netw…

Ets parlant de català central o nord-occidental? Estem fent un estudi sobre un aspecte de la gramàtica del català i, si tens 10 minuts, et convidem a respondre aquest qüestionari: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… MOLTES GRÀCIES! (S'agraeix RT.)

Devastating

Relaunched groups supporting primary and secondary language teachers in Newcastle (primary) and the North East (secondary). Find out more, sign up and get involved. Termly online meetings (next Primary session 25 Nov 3.45pm): internationalnewcastle.org.uk/mfl-networks

🚨The special needs system is on the brink of collapse. The government's spending watchdog will publish its own likely damning investigation this week But we’ve been chronicling the collapse for years. And I just want to set out how seriously bad things are … (mega 🧵)

Vous avez peut-être vu passer une vidéo intitulée "nos étudiants ne savent plus écrire" publiée il y a quelques jours. Ci-dessous, l'extrait d'un article du journal La Croix datant du 15 février 1951. On y retrouve les mêmes idées. Ce n'est pas pire aujourd'hui.

« La société française entretient une forme d’insécurité linguistique peu propice aux apprentissages. La peur de la faute empêche l’écriture plus qu’elle ne la stimule. » theconversation.com/enseignement-d…

So cool, as always!

Is this MFL’s ‘moment’ or will reforms hasten its decline? tes.com/magazine/news/…

The Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages is open for registrations for FREE events, activities and resources available January to March 2025 to inspire children and young people in schools, community schools and groups. internationalnewcastle.org.uk/festival2025-2

🌟 As you know, our special collection: Languages in UK Education co-edited by Wendy Bennett & Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social is now out! We’re excited to share that new policy papers will be released weekly. Stay tuned for updates! lspjournal.com

📖 How can linguistics transform the way we teach languages in UK schools? A new paper in our special collection by Anna Havinga et al. explores how linguistics can revitalise the curriculum, boost motivation, & address the UK’s 'languages crisis.' 🧵👇lspjournal.com/post/addressin…

A lot of native speakers of English use 'to lay' instead of 'to lie': 'I'm laying here.' This isn't a recent thing: it started in the 14th c. Several sister languages of English, such as Frisian and Afrikaans, even merged the verbs for "to lie" and "to lay" completely: 1/

More opportunities to join us in Oxford! We have an open-rank position in Phonetics, to coincide with our move into the amazing Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. The new Phonetics Lab sits above a concert hall - both acoustically shielded! ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2024/12/1…

🏆Congratulations to Michelle Sheehan and the entire project team for winning the 'Inclusive Education, Lifelong Learning & CPD' Award! This brilliant project is making the case for the place of linguistics in school-based language teaching. #EngageAwards2025