Suzanne Graham

Rethinking the Purpose of Language Education Suzanne Graham and Alison Porter | 14th May 2025 | Opinion PieceIn the following opinion article Suzanne Graham and Alison Porter argue that primary language education needs a more meaningful and cohe...

🧠💬 What if primary language lessons weren’t just about grammar—but also about empathy, creativity, and global awareness?

In a new Languages in UK Education piece, @suzannegraham.bsky.social and Alison Porter rethink the purpose of early language learning.📖 : www.lspjournal.com/post/rethink...

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See you all at Language World 2025!
I’m speaking on Saturday with Alison Porter - check out the programme delegate-reg.co.uk/lw2025/progr...

Fewer U.S. college students are studying a foreign language − and that spells trouble for national security A new report from the Modern Language Association shows an unprecedented drop in the study of foreign languages among college students.

Fewer U.S. college students are studying a foreign language − and that spells trouble for national security
theconversation.com/fewer-u-s-co...

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Our range of free, online resources for young language learners has grown! OLLA now covers French, German & Spanish. Video clips etc where content is motivating but the language is not too hard and key vocab is given. shorturl.at/geDTE
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We’ve got some really interesting and positive findings in our primary languages DELTEA Digital Stories Project: shorturl.at/LU8Y7 Take a look!

Here's a related project - participating teachers get free access to fab culture-rich resources. Express interest at: shorturl.at/7iXk3

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• Today is the last day to complete the Department for Education’s Curriculum and Assessment Review.

Help us to shape a new curriculum that is fit for the future and sets up every child for a bright future in work and life.
consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...

One day left to submit to the DfE’s Curriculum and Assessment Review led by @beckyfrancis.bsky.social! An opportunity to make a strong case for #languages, #linguistics and #intercultural education - our submission is nearly ready! Some good pointers below👇 www.gov.uk/government/c...

Is this MFL’s ‘moment’ or will reforms hasten its decline? Curriculum reforms offer a chance to boost the status of language teaching in schools, but there’s a risk they could do the opposite, say subject experts

Is this MFL’s ‘moment’ or will reforms hasten its decline?
Curriculum reforms offer a chance to boost the status of language teaching in schools, but there’s a risk they could do the opposite, say subject experts www.tes.com/magazine/new... via @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Our home - Park Building at the University of Portsmouth.

Well, hello there Bluesky - wie geht's? This is the new account of the German team the University of Portsmouth (GermanAtPompey) in the United Kingdom testing the waters. Hope that our many friends have also found their way across!

Calling everyone on team #MFLBluesky! Protect LANGUAGES at all costs!

Linguistic anthropology, language in culture starter pack!

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Curriculum and Assessment Review: Call for Evidence - Association for Language Learning

The Curriculum and Assessment Review Call for Evidence closes Friday 22nd Nov 24. Calling #mflbluesky to make the case for languages. www.all-languages.org.uk/news-events/... In this 35 min video, René Koglbauer addresses the key questions from an ML perspective: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL6T...

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a potato with a face that looks like a human face ALT: a potato with a face that looks like a human face

The input is 'je voudrais une bouteille d'eau'. The understanding is 'I would like a potato'. Remember, people, common errors in receptive skills are a whole different ball game to productive skills!

By popular demand… the Guardian is officially on BlueSky

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@joedale.bsky.social ¡Bienvenido! 👋🏼👋🏼🦋

Good morning! If you've found my 'UK news and politics' starter pack useful to get you up and running on @bsky.app, please spread the word to new users by giving this a repost.

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We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky!

It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...

>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...

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