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UCFL - University Council For Languages
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YOU SIGNATURE MATTERS! Help us save Modern Languages at Leicester. Sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/save-moder...
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In this
#ShoutOutforGerman
week, let's celebrate all things German! I love compound nouns like Schadenfreude, Weltschmerz and Treppenwitz.
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theconversation.com/wicked-for-g...
Fantastic piece on prescriptivism in popular culture by
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Wicked: For Good ā what lies beneath correcting the way people speak?
Elphabaās insistence on correctness speaks to a broader challenge facing anyone positioned as an outsider: having to work that much harder to be accepted.
https://theconversation.com/wicked-for-good-what-lies-beneath-correcting-the-way-people-speak-270639?utm_medium=article_native_share
3 months ago
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Many thanks to
@themhra.bsky.social
for making my 1987 book open access. It is great to see it available again:
www.mhra.org.uk/publications...
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Vaugelas and the Development of the French Language - Wendy Ayres-Bennett
Modern Humanities Research Association - Vaugelas and the Development of the French Language - Wendy Ayres-Bennett
https://www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Vaugelas-Development-French-Language
3 months ago
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The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
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The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/latest-threat-uk-modern-languages-yet-another-faux-pas
3 months ago
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The decision to 'suspend' all courses in Mod langs from Monday is premature & ill conceived. There are world-leading researchers & teachers in languages at
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social
who must be given the chance to review the data and offer viable counter proposals.
@ucflangs.bsky.social
4 months ago
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reposted by
Karen Forbes
4 months ago
Looking forward to contributing to this seminar on 'Professional agency & language policy in the context of the Curriculum and Assessment Review'
@camedfac.bsky.social
on 30th Oct with Norbert Pachler,
@wendya-b.bsky.social
@zhu-hua.bsky.social
@cforsdick.bsky.social
and others. In-person & online ā¬ļø
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Why top-down language policy matters
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This paper argues that top-down language policy matters and that policymaking would benefit from: (i) a longer historical purview of what has and has not worked, and (ii) more holistic, cross-government approaches.
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Why top-down language policy matters
This paper argues that top-down language policy matters and that policymaking would benefit from: (i) a longer historical purview of what has and has not worked, and (ii) more holistic, cross-gover...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09571736.2025.2562084
5 months ago
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reposted by
European Commission
5 months ago
Today is the European Day of Languages. And this year, we mark 25 years of celebrating multilingualism in our Union. š„³ Languages open doors. They help us connect, explore cultures, make lifelong friends, and journey further. We remain stronger, united in our diversity.
europa.eu/!6FkntW
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BA report shows that worst cold spots in SHAPE are in Modern Foreign Languages: French & German single honours degrees are declining sharply, with cold spots in all 4 UK nations. Progress in expanding provision of non-European languages is being reversed.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
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Cold spots: Mapping inequality in SHAPE provision in UK higher education
This British Academy report reveals that many parts of the UK are becoming subject cold spots ā areas with no provision in a subject within a commutable distance. These are often in rural, coastal or ...
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/cold-spots-mapping-inequality-in-shape-provision-in-uk-higher-education/
5 months ago
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Read UCFL's reaction to the new HEPI report on languages:
university-council-for-languages.org/2025/07/31/n...
The recommendations for HE are particularly welcome, as are those around equality of access and social justice.
@emmacayley.bsky.social
@cforsdick.bsky.social
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New HEPI report calls for urgent action on revitalising language learning
UCFL welcomes the release of a new HEPI report, sponsored by Duolingo, that highlights the urgent need for action to support and improve the uptake of languages at school level and beyond. It emphaā¦
https://university-council-for-languages.org/2025/07/31/new-hepi-report-calls-for-urgent-action-on-revitalising-language-learning/
7 months ago
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In the latest episode of the
@bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk
's podcast series, Crossing Channels, Benjamin Pitt & I discuss the value of speaking other languages:
pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
.
@benpitt.bsky.social
explains how language & culture shape the way people think & the value of cultural/linguistic diversity
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Crossing Channels: What is the value of speaking other languages?
In this episode, Richard Westcott is joined by Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Benjamin Pitt to explore a big, everyday question: what is the value of speaking other languages? The conversation looks at ho...
https://pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
7 months ago
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Emma Cayley č°·ę¦
7 months ago
A great afternoon in Westminster thanks to the APPG ML. We presented our collective response to the Curriculum & Assessment Review:
university-council-for-languages.org/2025/06/23/c...
Was pleased to be there to represent
@ucflangs.bsky.social
with
@wendya-b.bsky.social
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@marcecazzoli.bsky.social
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Response to the Interim Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR).
In the interim report of theĀ Curriculum and Assessment ReviewĀ of March 2025 , the subject āLanguagesā was classified as requiring Category 1 intervention, i.e., a subject currently deemā¦
https://university-council-for-languages.org/2025/06/23/curriculum-and-assessment-review-languages/
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In our final LSP opinion piece, Biddle and Andrews present inspiring examples of close-to-practice research. The entire collection underlines the vital role of collaboration. Let's all work together! @charlesforsdick
www.lspjournal.com/post/how-can...
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How can we move from cold spots to hot spots? Learning from current practices which nurture languages education in the four nations of the United Kingdom
Jo Biddle and Jane Andrews | 9th July 2025 | Opinion PieceIn this opinion piece, Jo Biddle and Jane Andrews consider a small set of examples of close-to-practice research from the four nations of the ...
https://www.lspjournal.com/post/how-can-we-move-from-cold-spots-to-hot-spots-learning-from-current-practices-which-nurture-language
8 months ago
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What does it mean to think like a linguist? And how can we bring creativity and inclusive culture into language learning? Read Charlotte Ryland's fascinating piece in our LSP edited collection
www.lspjournal.com/post/think-l...
@cforsdick.bsky.social
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Think Like a Linguist: Community and collaboration for a new languages curriculum
In this article, Charlotte Ryland reflects on how the learning from creative translation and languages advocacy projects can feed into languages curriculum reform. By focusing in particular on the lin...
https://www.lspjournal.com/post/think-like-a-linguist-community-and-collaboration-for-a-new-languages-curriculum
8 months ago
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Jonathan McBride looks at the power of stories in the language learning classroom in this week's LSP opinion piece. He brings interesting international insights:
www.lspjournal.com/post/the-pow...
@cforsdick.bsky.social
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The Power of Stories in the Languages Classroom
Jonathan McBride | 11th June 2025 | Opinion Piece In this article, Edinburgh-based languages teacher Jonathan McBride argues that stories have the potential to transform modern languages teaching at a...
https://www.lspjournal.com/post/the-power-of-stories-in-the-languages-classroom
9 months ago
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Fiona Barclay considers the longstanding deficit in the social value associated with languages, true not just of Scotland, but across the UK. She proposes 3 avenues for improving public perceptions of languages
www.lspjournal.com/post/languag...
@cforsdick.bsky.social
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āLanguage capitalā: reframing formal language-learning in Scotland.
Fiona Barclay | 3rd June 2025 | Opinion PieceIn this article, Fiona Barclay considers the longstanding deficit in the social value associated with languages. She argues that this deficit has contribut...
https://www.lspjournal.com/post/language-capital-reframing-formal-language-learning-in-scotland
9 months ago
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In our next LSP opinion piece Rowena Kasprowicz tackles the thorny issue of transition from KS2 to KS3
www.lspjournal.com/post/bridgin...
An important intervention in light of the curriculum reviews onging in England, Scotland and NI.
@cforsdick.bsky.social
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https://www.lspjournal.com/post/bridging-the-key-stage-2-3-transition-gap-taking-primary-languages-seriously
9 months ago
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What can mainstream modern languages education learn from Irish-medium practitioners? Thomas Rogan shares some fascinating insights in Languages, Society and Policy:
www.lspjournal.com/post/languag...
@cforsdick.bsky.social
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Language teachers of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) in mainstream primary schools ā what can they learn from Irish-Medium (IM) practitioners?
In this opinion piece, Thomas Rogan suggests three ways in which teachers of MFL in mainstream primary classrooms might enhance their practice by taking cognisance of the practice of IM practitioners.
https://www.lspjournal.com/post/language-teachers-of-modern-foreign-languages-mfl-in-mainstream-primary-schools-what-can-they-le
9 months ago
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How can primary languages best be taken forward in Northern Ireland? Read Sharon Jones's piece on this in Languages, Society and Policy:
www.lspjournal.com/post/towards...
@cforsdick.bsky.social
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Towards Language Education Excellence in Northern Irelandās Primary Schools
Sharon Jones | 28th May 2025 | Opinion PieceIn this opinion piece, Sharon Jones, drawingĀ on her teaching and research in languages andĀ education, reflects on the potential of broadening access to the ...
https://www.lspjournal.com/post/towards-language-education-excellence-in-northern-ireland-s-primary-schools
9 months ago
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Many of us were inspired to be language learners by our international experiences - Vicky Gough and Philip Harding-Esch make a powerful case for the need for this for young learners today.
@lspjournal.bsky.social
@cforsdick.bsky.social
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9 months ago
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In our next
@lspjournal.bsky.social
opinon piece
@clairegorrara.bsky.social
and Lucy Jenkins explore the new curriculum for languages in Wales. What could the rest of the UK learn from what Wales is doing?
www.lspjournal.com/post/new-cur...
@cforsdick.bsky.social
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New Curriculum, New Languages Education? How International Languages Education is Changing in Wales
In the following opinion article, Claire Gorrara and Lucy Jenkins explore how the Curriculum for Wales represents a radical shift in language education, embedding International Languages into the core...
https://www.lspjournal.com/post/new-curriculum-new-languages-education-how-international-languages-education-is-changing-in-wales
9 months ago
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Here is the next of our opinion pieces in
@lspjournal.bsky.social
@cforsdick.bsky.social
by Suzanne Graham and Alison Porter:
www.lspjournal.com/post/rethink...
This important piece on primary education should be read by anyone interested in the ongoing Curriculum and Assessment Review.
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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...
https://www.lspjournal.com/post/rethinking-the-purpose-of-language-education
9 months ago
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How do we meet the challenge of language teacher shortages? Read Lisa Panford's new thought-provoking piece in LSP on the recruitment of teachers of Colour:
www.lspjournal.com/post/the-rec...
@cforsdick.bsky.social
@lspjournal.bsky.social
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The Recruitment and Retention of Languages Teachers of Colour from the Global South in England
In the following opinion article Lisa Panford finds that urgent intervention is needed to address the conditions into which languages teachers of Colour from the Global South are inducted. Further, th...
https://www.lspjournal.com/post/the-recruitment-and-retention-of-languages-teachers-of-colour-from-the-global-south-in-england
10 months ago
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The
@lspjournal.bsky.social
series on Languages in UK Education is back!
@cforsdick.bsky.social
Neil Kenny explores alternative qualifications in languages post-GCSE. Could a level 3 certificate be an incentive for STEM students to continue with a language?
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10 months ago
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www.mhra.org.uk/news/2025/04...
Read about our MHRA-funded project to produce readable summaries for policymakers
@themhra.bsky.social
@cforsdick.bsky.social
@oliviaglaze.bsky.social
Watch this space for ways to engage!
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Making Languages Research Accessible to Policymakers
Interviewing Dr Liv Glaze, MHRA Languages and Policy Postdoctoral Researcher, and her mentors Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Professor Charles Forsdick.
https://www.mhra.org.uk/news/2025/04/23/making-languages-research-accessible.html
10 months ago
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classiques-garnier.com/remarques-sur-la-langue-francoise-1.html New version out today at (relatively) bargain price of 13,93 ā¬! New cover to mark the Classiques Jaunes series.
10 months ago
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www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/qa/championi...
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Championing modern languages and linguistics and shaping the future of language policy in the UK
Professor Charles Forsdick and Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett
https://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/qa/championing-modern-languages-and-linguistics-and-shaping-future-language-policy-uk
10 months ago
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Coming next month in a new format for just 21 eurs:
11 months ago
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reposted by
Li Wei ę嵬
11 months ago
www.britishcouncil.org/school-resou...
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https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/languages/mandarin-excellence-programme
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Launching the opinion articles in our LPS collection
@cforsdick.bsky.social
, a great piece by John Worne. He argues the UKās national narrative needs to evolve: rather than focusing only on 'fluency', a more appropriate measure is proficiency and utility.
www.lspjournal.com/post/the-uk-...
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The UK's Languages Crisis: Time to Embrace Our Imperfection?
John Worne | 24th March 2025Ā | Opinion ArticlesIn the following opinion article John Worne argues that the UKās national narrative needs to evolve to encourage regular engagement with languages at all...
https://www.lspjournal.com/post/the-uk-s-languages-crisis-time-to-embrace-our-imperfection
11 months ago
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reposted by
German Embassy London
11 months ago
This week let's celebrate the German language! š Your favourite German word? š That incredible trip to Deutschland? š Your German teacher, aka the best teacher of all time? Use
#ShoutOutForGerman
and show everyone what German means to you!
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Modern languages departments are neither colonial nor obsolete
Advanced linguistic and cultural skills remainĀ essential for deep insight into how people see themselves in the world, say five modern languages academics
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/modern-languages-departments-are-neither-colonial-nor-obsolete
12 months ago
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"Trump makes English offical language of US":
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet, as the BBC website makes clear, nearly 68 million of the country's 340 million residents speak a language other than English, according to the US Census Bureau. This includes more than 160 Native American languages.
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Trump makes English official language of US
It marks the first time the US has had an official language since the country was founded.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2kgq5pzpllo
12 months ago
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In our postface to the LSP journal special collection on languages in UK education,
@cforsdick.bsky.social
and I pull out some of the key threads and policy recommendations from the 11 policy papers. Read it here:
www.lspjournal.com/post/languag...
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Languages in UK Education: Postface
Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Charles Forsdick | 14th February 2025 | Policy CollectionThe eleven papers in this special collection cover a wide range of languages ā indigenous (including British Sign Langu...
https://www.lspjournal.com/post/languages-in-uk-education-postface
about 1 year ago
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Sign the petition or write to the Vice-Chancellor, but let's keep up the campaign to make languages central to any new Global Humanities faculty at Cardiff
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card...
@emmacayley.bsky.social
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Cardiffās closure of modern languages will tongue-tie its humanities
The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level, sayĀ Wendy Ayres-Bennett,Ā Charles Burdett andĀ Emma Cayley
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/cardiffs-closure-modern-languages-will-tongue-tie-its-humanities
about 1 year ago
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