Rather than perpetuating unfounded notions that there is one right way to speak, it’s vital that schools celebrate their students’ linguistic diversity & teach them from an early age to be articulate & authentic communicators in a range of different settings, formal and informal.

Exciting day University of Greater Manchester where we will welcome our new #TraineeTeachers starting their #InitialTeacherTraining @Boltoneducation - the start of an exciting career as a #SecondaryTeacher or #FurtherEducationAndSkills teacher 😊🙏🙏#UoBITTInduction

First day back and your multilingual children will need some time to shift back into listening to and speaking in English. They haven’t forgotten, they just need time. #multilingualism #firstlanguages

Great session with new PGCE MFL trainees today. What's your favourite word in any language? We had German, French, Mandarin, Spanish, Ukrainian, Arabic, Turkish and Yoruba. Brilliant linguistic knowledge and fascinating discussions! UoB Education

Your Name is a Work of Art! 🖼️ This week we were reading ‘That’s Not my Name’ & having discussions about the importance of people saying our names correctly

15 ChatGPT prompts for MFL teachers Today in my series of #ChatGPT prompts for teachers, I've created what I hope are useful prompts to help #MFL teachers. As always iteration is important, so please let me know if you have any tweaks/ideas. A PDF version for copying and

Suella Braverman is wrong. Multiculturalism isn’t the problem. But we know what the problem is… #bbcqt

As the debate about movement around schools rumbles on, check out the innovative way that our SLT have reduced response times.

I'm looking for stretch-and-challenge activites for KS3 MFL classes. French, German, Spanish, Mandarin teachers - what are your go-to activities?

Universities are by their very nature international and multilingual. A University is a space where cultures meet, and is an institution that speaks with many voices in many languages. A university can never be monolingual. A university is everyone.

What if a marginalized speaker is not actually producing "incorrect pronunciation," but rather, using a type of pronunciation which is not familiar to you?

I don't see much discussion of 'public-private pathway partnerships' in the responses to the (misleading )Sunday Times expose on foundation programmes. This deserves more scrutiny and critique. Why has the insertion of private providers in universities been normalised?

so the new framework for teacher education/early career teachers was published today and includes references to 'high quality oral language'. a sure implication of this is that marginalised kids have their 'poor quality' speech framed as deficient and marked out for correction.

If you are interested in higher education & ways to improve the quality of teaching and learning, then simply repost this & you will be entered in a prize draw to win a copy of this book. The lucky winners will be announced on 29th Feb! #HigherEducation #teaching #learning