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Ugh. Trains from London all cancelled or delayed. It's going to be a long evening.

How does Arizona come out as Still?

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Thanks. Most interesting.

Genius.

With classroom examples.

See you there! Talking on how our subject embraces grammar and linguistics and culture and communication. Why make us want to choose between them?!?

What Makes a Great MFL Lesson? A Reflection This post was prompted by a post by Ian Astbury on LinkedIn. I often find myself reflecting on what truly transforms a language lesson from “just another class” into an experience that sticks. Over ne...

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Oh!

Well. That bird has been grabbed by the puddy.

ChatGPT is shedding users fast. Since yesterday alone, estimates are more than 1M accounts have been deleted & the boycott continues to gain momentum.

Why? How about the $25 million donation by OpenAI's President to a pro-Trump super PAC & environmental concerns regarding high water usage for AI.

YouTube video by INAH TV Chichén Itzá, La invasión perpetua. PIEDRAS QUE HABLAN

Great film looking at (amongst other things) the Toltec influenced rebuilding of Chichén Itzá.

I'm old enough to have been up the pyramid. And bribe the guard to let me down into the chamber with the jaguar throne and the chacmool.

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West valley sushi shop owner released from ICE detention after eight months A federal judge has granted Kelly Yu temporary freedom after she filed a habius corpus petition.

"Her release follows months of advocacy from community members and political leaders of both parties.

Yu has operated her two West Valley restaurants for years, building a reputation for greeting customers with humor and kindness. She has no criminal record."

www.12news.com/article/news...

This explains why you can say "To see a process through to the end".

What about seek/search.
I promise I did look on the graphic. Are you going to tell me I missed them?

The verb ‘to see’ is very distantly related to ‘to sue’ – and also to ‘segue’, ‘second’ and ‘sequence’.

They all come from a Proto-Indo-European root whose meaning can be reconstructed as “to follow”. In Germanic, it shifted to “to follow with the eyes”.

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Maternity pay increase is a step in the right direction Teachers are being failed by the current maternity pay entitlement, writes Helena Marsh, so the government’s announcement of an increase must be welcomed

On the 'motherhood penalty' - an excellent piece from headteacher @helenamarsh.bsky.social in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

What Makes a Great MFL Lesson? A Reflection This post was prompted by a post by Ian Astbury on LinkedIn. I often find myself reflecting on what truly transforms a language lesson from “just another class” into an experience that sticks. Over ne...

🚀 What makes a great MFL lesson?

☑️Speak more than the teacher
☑️Communicate with purpose, not just complete worksheets
☑️See grammar clearly & use it meaningfully
☑️Connect vocabulary & skills across listening, speaking, reading & writing
☑️Engage with culture
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What if our scaffolds are holding pupils back? Well hello there, and welcome to update #180!

Don't let the 'scaffold' become a 'ceiling'...
@marymyatt.bsky.social for @myattandco.bsky.social: marymyatt.substack.com/p/what-if-ou...

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Abstract in English, article text in Portuguese, which I really love having a reason to practice. I'm hoping I can find some practices to adopt in my occasional first-year writing courses.

Scholarly aside: reading things in other languages is a great joy I wish more people were able to experience.

The Iran Israeli war seems to be affecting supply of rich tea fingers to all supermarkets. Unless it's just Brexit.

Reflecting with Pupils on Beliefs about Language Learning. Is there a right answer? In a recent post , I shared some work my Year 9s wrote in their writing assessment after the first half term's work. I enjoyed the confide...

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Why is it that we have no mainstream language learning options post 16?

Unfortunately there is a reason and it's an ugly one:

whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2023/10/colo...

It's also in Mar a Lago with just a curtain put up round them. Maybe in the bathroom with all the boxes.

Oracy - Pupil Voice KS3 French French is a lesson where taking part and speaking is going to be important. We have done a "pupil voice" survey of Key Stage 3 pupils. This...

Pupil voice survey wasn't designed to collect pupils' emotional reaction to French. But that's what came through:

whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2026/02/orac...

AQA Conversation really not working At our latest ALL in the East meeting (scroll down for previous meetings on this ALL page ), we discussed the implications of the AQA marks...

Just a few weeks left until the speaking exam. Has anyone heard any more from @aqaeducation.bsky.social? Here's their latest replies to me:

whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...

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I had an idea and I asked AI. Now I don't know if this is true or if it's just flattering my idea.

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The Language Lab Podcast I was a guest on episode 4 of   https://www.languagelabpodcast.co.uk  with Will Marks. We examined in detail where we are with teaching lan...

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What do we mean by "meaning". And does it matter? In language teaching, we seem to be struggling with two different meanings of the word "meaning". On the one hand we have " I know that tor...

Why meaning matters. Even from a purely "cognition" point of view

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