“New research suggests that bilingual people have better problem solving-skills, greater creativity and brains that are more resistant to dementia.  Meanwhile others, such as the neuroscientist Dr Mark Lythgoe, have tried and failed miserably to learn a number of languages.On Say What You Think, Lythgoe looks into the impact of a second language and finds […]

Moblogging is where people take photographs and write text on their mobile phones before pressing the button to send it live to the web. The webpage it ends up on is the moblog, the mobile weblog. Libération have found a new way to report on fashion developments on the catwalk in Paris through their own […]

Every weekend I present the MFLE to another group of teachers somewhere in our fair country as part of the Scottish CILT Outreach event. Every time I am amazed that more people haven’t been caught by the wonders of iTunes. I’m also reminded by my legal-savvy colleagues at LTS on a very regular basis that […]

The Association for Language Learning and the Consejería de Educación are delighted to announce the annual National 24-hour online Spanish quiz for intermediate and advanced learners of Spanish. The quiz will go online at 17.00 on Thursday 26 January 2006.
For information on how to enter go to the ALL Website.

The ICT Register is an online database of schools willing to share their ICT experiences. The Register is run by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and it can put you in touch with other schools who may already have achieved what you are hoping to bring about with ICT. The Register is a searchable […]

I’ve put up the presentation that I gave at Jordanhill College of Education, University of Strathclyde. It asks the question: “What is Web 2.0 and why use Web 2.0 tools in education?” and attempts to answer them in 35 minutes. There’s a conversation developing over the blogosphere about these points, too, which is trying to […]

Get those applications in, Scotland! CILT’s annual campaign to find the UK’s top language projects began today as applications were invited from schools, colleges, business and other institutions. The European Award for Languages, also known as the European Label is a Europe-wide initiative which recognises projects demonstrating an innovative, effective and replicable approach to learning […]

A great little post in French over at Loic Le Meur’s blog, where the very definition of  podcast à la française is discussed. I love the novel explanation that it is the frozen food of radio, that you can take it out the freezer (computer) any time you want to. You can also join in […]

With the news from the BBC that one school in Brighton is making Chinese compulsory for its students, do you think that more schools should be doing the same? Is it better for our future economy? Does it add to the fun of language learning? Is it a risk for school managers to introduce an […]

Pour commémorer la Journée internationale de la Francophonie, le Centre franco-maltais de Recherche et de Documentation a cette année encore le plaisir d’organiser la francofête qui s’ouvrira le lundi 20 mars 2006. La francofête est une manifestation s’adressant particulièrement aux élèves des écoles de Malte mais aussi à tous les amoureux de langue française. Vous […]