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- With the introduction of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) as a compulsory part of the primary curriculum back in 2016, many Key Stage 2 teachers were tasked with getting to grips with a …Read More »
- ELAPSE (Embedding Languages across Primary and Secondary Education) has now published its resources online, free of charge to schools and teachers with a wealth of information and classroom materials for teacher interested …Read More »
- Jesualdo Martínez Molina from The Premier Academy, Bletchley, explains about his experiences and activities in building on the Academy's reputation for specialist teaching and in developing the already established Spanish department. Continue …Read More »
- The Association for Language Learning (ALL) Primary Languages Conference – Online will take place on Saturday 17th October 2020. The theme of the conference is ‘Pillars of Progression’. The key note speaker …Read More »
- In recent years there has been a surge in the popularity of CLIL – Content and Language Integrated Learning – as a way to increase time on task for language learning and …Read More »
- A MOOC, as many of you will know, is a Massive Open Online Course, a hugely popular way of delivering interactive courses, and after several months of intensive work we have developed …Read More »
- The mention of the term ?assessment? in the context of primary languages usually prompts two, related responses: should we be assessing learners; if so, how should we be doing it? Taking the …Read More »
- It was the 2002 National Languages Strategy which put on the map a revived commitment in England to the promotion of primary languages. The Strategy offered three main grounds for investment in …Read More »
- Teachers in Southampton have been looking at the research behind some of their practice and have been exploring it in their classrooms. For example, research tells us that giving learners a sense …Read More »
- In January, Bernardette Holmes, writing about languages for young learners in post-Brexit Britain, suggested that language learning is now of increased importance. It is indeed crucial now that we prepare our young …Read More »
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- RiPL MOOC – second run
- Interview Florence Myles
- Language Learning Journal
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MOOC Special – launching on 6th July 2020. Information and links to register in the Newsletter. Join us!
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- Useful languages sites for teaching during lockdown
- Teaching languages in
primary schools: putting research into practice – new MOOC! - New page on Transition
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- Conference: Primary Languages Policy in England
- Conference reports and comments
RiPL Newsletter 11 October 2019
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- Conference: Primary Languages Policy in England
- Conference questions
- White Paper summary recommendations
RiPL Newsletter 10 - Webinar Special July 2019
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- Webinar panel presentations
- Questions and answers
- Listen again webinar link
RiPL Newsletter 9 May 2019
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- Language policy in the media
- New book! Early Language Learning and Teacher Education
- Write away! – Clare Seccombe
RiPL Newsletter 8 - White Paper Special 5 March 2019
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- White Paper Summary, and key recommendations
RiPL Newsletter 7 February 2019
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- Resources
- School Focus: Hackney Primary Schools
- New Eurydice volume
RiPL Newsletter 6 December 2018
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- Olympia 2018
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RiPL Newsletter 5 October 2018
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- SUPL update
- Festival of Social Science
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NALDIC conference
RiPL Newsletter 4 July 2018
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- RiPL policy summit
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Report: AILA research network in early language learning - Report: Workshop on L2 learning
RiPL Newsletter 3 June 2018
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- CEFR update
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- Essex Language
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RiPL Newsletter 2 April 2018
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- Bilingualism Matters – Launch of East of England branch
- SUPL – Southampton teacher-research group