ALL London

ALL London hosts 'Teachers' Show and Tell'
2025-11-15 17:30 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
A very popular and regular feature of the Language Show. Helen Myers and Joe Dale of the Association for Language Learning, London Branch. Teacher participants (MFL and TEFL) are invited to speak for a maximum of 5 minutes about their top tip for classroom practice including teaching ideas, pupil activities and resources.
We would welcome as many contributors as possible, each having a slot lasting usually a maximum of 5 minutes but this can vary when we see how many attend! Feel free to offer more than one slot. Please be aware that the emphasis is on sharing classroom practice – not for individuals to promote their own business product. Please be prepared to be flexible! Thank you!
Please contact us in advance by filling in this Google form if you want us to reserve you a slot.

The ALL London Reception for Trainee Teachers
2025-10-13 16:30 - 18:00
Please follow this link to register on Ticket Tailor for this free event.
Pease follow this link to our page dedicated to this event including downloadable invitation.
We look forward to seeing you there!

A Webinar with Jérôme Noguès- Building Language Communities Online: Using Social Media with Purpose
2025-09-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Please follow this link to Ticket Tailor to read more about the session and register. Thank you.

The ALL London June Event 2025
2025-06-21 09:30 - 14:00 | Spanish School Vicente Cañada Blanch, 317 Portobello Road., London, W10 5SZ, United Kingdom
Please register on Ticket Tailor here.
Our webpage dedicated to this event is here.

The ALL London January Event 2025
2025-01-18 10:00 - 14:30
To see details and register for this event, please follow this link to Ticket Tailor.
To see additional information, please follow this link to the page dedicated to The ALL London Event January 2025.

A Level Clinic with Sharon Mangion: Paper 1- Common elements of AQA & Edexcel
2024-12-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
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A Level Clinic with Wanda Marshall: The Speaking Exam
2024-11-21 19:30 - 20:30 | Zoom

ALL London Show and Tell at the Language Show
2024-11-10 15:45 - 17:00 | Zoom
Please register with the Language Show on this link.

We are delighted that the popular Language Show has invited us to lead an online Show and Tell for Teachers on Sunday November 10th from 15.45 – 17.00.
“A very popular and regular feature of the Language Show. Helen Myers and Joe Dale of the Association for Language Learning, London Branch. Teacher participants (MFL and TEFL) are invited to speak for a maximum of 5 minutes about their top tip for classroom practice including teaching ideas, pupil activities and resources.”

Joe and Helen would love to encourage as many teachers as possible to join in. This is above all for practitioners to share ideas form their everyday classroom experience. The slot can be as short as you like .. don’t be nervous! Ideally, please indicate what you might want to share in advance by answering questions on this Google form.

The ALL London Reception for Trainee Teachers
2024-10-14 17:00 - 18:00 | UCL, UCL Institute of Education, London, Select a State or Province:, WC1H 0AL, United Kingdom
Please register on Ticket Tailor here.
All trainee teachers from all sectors (primary and secondary) are invited to come along to this free event to find out about The Association for Language Learning, an independent professional language association which puts you in touch with other teachers, keeps you informed, and is invited to national-level consultations.
This is above all a ‘social’ event (with some refreshments!) allowing you to meet up with London-based student teachers who are planning to become teachers and the enthusiastic volunteers who organise regular ‘get-togethers’ for teachers. After a short ‘ice-breaking’ activity which will ensure you meet up with other students, teachers will share their ‘Top teaching Tips’ (relevant for primary , secondary and a range of languages) and Committee members will tell you about ALL and what is being planned for the year. There will be a booklet of Teaching Tips from the Committee, a chance to find out what London-based language institutes can offer you, and refreshments. What more could you want?!
Arrive any time from 4.30 pm for a 5 pm start. We aim to conclude by 6.00 pm. Please sign up here on Ticket Tailor to help with our catering and printing. We look forward to meeting you!
Please note that we have limited capacity. Please sign up in advance to attend. Please help us by letting us know in advance if you cannot use the ticket so that others are not disappointed. Thanks for your cooperation!
We are very grateful to UCL for hosting us in a very accessible London venue. (Exact location to be announced, but most likely to be IOE UCL, Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL) We will email everyone to confirm the exact venue in advance!)

The ALL London June Event 2024
2024-06-15 09:30 - 14:00 | Spanish School Vicente Cañada Blanch, 317 Portobello Road., London, W10 5SZ, United Kingdom
We are delighted that our friends in the Spanish Institute have arranged for us to be able to use the Spanish School in Portobello Road for our June Event.
Please follow this link to see the programme and to register om Ticket Tailor.
Please follow this link to see a page which will contain supplementary information, photos and documents relating to the event.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Here are links to our last two events to give you a flavour of what we do.

The January 2024 Event
The June 2023 Event

A Webinar with David Blow: Grading in ML examinations
2024-05-21 20:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
To Register, please follow this link to Ticket Tailor.
SESSION INFORMATION
This webinar will cover the principles behind the allocation of grades by Ofqual and the exam boards to GCSEs and A-levels in all subjects in this era of “comparable outcomes, and unpick common misconceptions (and consequent risks for misleading information/people) about raw marks, grade boundaries, etc.
It will look at ML (Fr, Gn, Sp) grading, and the longstanding and ongoing issue of “severe grading” at both GCSE and AL, and highlight changes which have been made, and the further changes which are needed, some 50 years on from it first being identified!
With the forthcoming new GCSEs in Fr, Gn, Sp, it is crucial that teachers, senior leaders and others have an accurate understanding of how grading will work, and the differences and similarities with its operation for the current GCSEs
SESSION PRESENTER
David Blow is an Executive Head and ALL Fellow who has worked for many years with ASCL and CST analysing and explaining exam data, and in particular, highlighting the issue of severe grading and pushing for changes.
ALL
Don’t forget to join ALL or renew your membership to ensure you have access to all the great member benefits! https://www.all-languages.org.uk/join/

A Webinar with Julien Violette: Raising attainment at GCSE, tackling the productive skills
2024-03-14 20:00 - 21:30 | Zoom
We are very grateful to leaders in the Harris Federation who are willing to share their expertise with the wider community. Teachers currently teaching Year 11 in particular will be keen to pick up ideas in the last push before exams!
To Register for part 2, please follow this link to Ticket Tailor

ALL Consultation briefing on the Advanced British Standard
2024-03-12 20:00 - 21:00 | Zoom

A Webinar with Mathilde Bouquin: Raising attainment at GCSE, tackling the receptive skills
2024-03-05 20:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
We are very grateful to leaders in the Harris Federation who are willing to share their expertise with the wider community. Teachers currently teaching Year 11 in particular will be keen to pick up ideas in the last push before exams!
To Register for part 1, please follow this link to Ticket Tailor.

A webinar with Sarah Hau: Organising residential visits to Paris
2024-02-29 20:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
For full information and registration, please follow this link to Ticket Tailor.
We look forward to seeing you!

A TiLT Webinar with Dominik Lukeš:ChatGPT is a weird linguist: What should language teachers know about how LLMs work?
2024-02-01 20:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
A TiLT Webinar with Dominik Lukeš: ChatGPT is a weird linguist: What should language teachers know about how LLMs work?
Please follow this link to register on Ticket Tailor for this free event.
This is a link to the page where we will store links relating to the webinar after it has taken place.

ALL London January Event 2024
2024-01-13 10:00 - 14:00 | BFI South Bank, BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road South Bank, London, SE1 8XT, United Kingdom
We have a packed programme which we are sure everyone will appreciate!
To find out more and to register, please follow this link to Ticket Tailor.
We shall publish more details, including speaker bios, on this page.

A Webinar with Helen Myers: Getting to grips with the new GCSE
2023-10-19 20:00 - 20:45 | Zoom
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ALL London Reception for Trainee Teachers 2023
2023-10-02 16:30 - 18:00

A TiLT Webinar with Julia Morris: AI and me
2023-07-12 20:00 - 21:30 | Zoom
For session info and registration, please follow this link to Eventbrite. Thank you!

A TiLT Webinar with Christos Sotiropoulos - Teaching Ideas with Tik Tok
2023-06-28 20:00 - 21:00
Information and registration here.

A TiLT Webinar with Maureen Gassert Lamb: Making AI Work
2023-06-15 20:00 - 21:00
Information and registration on Eventbrite here.

ALL London June Event 2023
2023-06-10 09:30 - 13:00 | Institut français, Institut français Cultural Centre, London, SW7 2DT, United Kingdom
Many thanks to the Institut français who have offered to host us for our annual ‘ALL London June Event ‘ on Saturday June 10th 10 – 1.
To read more details and to register, please follow this link to Eventbrite.

Here is a word document with the programme and more information about the sessions and speakers: ALL-June-2023-at-the-Institut-Français-programme v5
It is pasted below this collection of lovely faces which will be featuring at the event!

ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING: LONDON REGION BRANCH
www.all-london.org.uk
The ALL London June Event 2023
on
Saturday June 10th 2023 9.30 –1.00
at the Institut français du Royaume-Uni
17 Queensberry Place, LONDON SW7 2DT, Tel: 020 7073 1350 www.institut-francais.org.uk/
Tube: South Kensington (District, Circle & Piccadilly Line) – approx 5 minute walk; Buses: 14, 414, 49, 70, 74, 345, 360, C1
Registration: http://tinyurl.com/alljuneevent23
Outline Programme [Fuller details on our website]

9.30
LE FOYER: Registration & Exhibition. Tea/coffee and biscuits – the committee and exhibitors are here to welcome you!

10.00- 11.00
LE CINÉMA: Welcome from Helen Myers, Chair of ALL London and Romain Devaux (Institut français)
‘Demystifying Decolonisation’ Steven Fawkes.Trustee, Fellow, Volunteer in ALLNE at Association for Language Learning and former BBC Education, Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques and a Great Favourite of ours! Steven will introduce us to ideas and people, starting with his own ‘quick hits’ that don’t need loads of prep and links to authentic texts, songs, video, international contacts / communication and Interesting, age-appropriate Content.

11.00– 11.30
LE FOYER: EXHIBITION Comfort break / top-up of coffee / chance to ‘network’ / view info sent from corporate members, ALL, Language Institutes and our sponsors.

11.30 – 1.00
LES SALONS Secondary Focus.
(1) GCSE 2024 Up-date Helen Myers, will share the current state-of-play for the new GCSE and invite discussion and sharing of approaches with practitioners, including Adam Lamb (Head of Learning Area (HoLA) Languages) (and others to be confirmed)
(2) Countries and Cultures in the Curriculum and the Classroom: Nathalie Blondeau Senior Languages Consultant at Harris Federation In the context of the ongoing discussion about decolonising the curriculum Nathalie will lead a Show and Tell, offering practical suggestions on incorporating a range of cultures and countries into your classroom, mindful of secondary constraints (esp. for current and future GCSE)
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L’ATELIER Primary Focus: Sharing good practice, Led by Miriam Paridjanian, and featuring Darnelle Constant-Shepherd, Amy Leon and Ellie Chettle-Cully who will demonstrate how to plan to introduce Countries and Cultures in the Curriculum and the Classroom in the context of decolonisation of MFL in a primary context.

&
later
Why not visit the Institut français Library and its great children books collection, take a stroll to the Science / Victoria and Albert museums, or engage in some retail therapy in Kensington? Then come back to the Institut for a great film in the evening! See website for details nearer the time: www.institut-francais.org.uk/

EARLY BIRD BEFORE TUESDAY 6th JUNE ‘23: (Thereafter, £5 extra)
£1.37 [Pay £11.37 and get a £10 refund if you attend]– Students, and ‘first-timer’ Primary teachers and Community languages teachers
£10 ALL individual members (incl retired) or people who join on the day. £20 – group members, £35 – non-members.
More information
Our Exhibitors
We are very grateful to our Corporate Members who provide a useful and informative exhibition at our events, and welcome the chance to speak with us. Thank you to Angela Murphy who organises this. Through visiting these stands, you will be able to learn more about the new GCSE specifications, how language institutes can support you, online language learning and organising travel abroad.

AQA
Consejería de Educación
Eduqas
Goethe Institute
Institut français
Pearson Edexcel
Thisislanguage
LanguageNut
Voyager Travel

Plenary with Steven Fawkes.
Steven is a thoughtful and entertaining speaker. He never forgets that the core purpose of a teacher is to share a personal love of languages, and he is always able to demonstrate intelligent ways of enthusing learners, whatever the external constraints of curriculum and assessment. He leads initiatives in a wide range of areas on behalf of ALL, and this includes promoting ways to make language learning more inclusive. We can guarantee that you will feel inspired by a dose of Steven at the start of the day!
Primary session:
Our primary committee members have prepared a great session for you! Miriam will lead a warm-up activity, Darnelle will then introduce an activity to promote language awareness, sharing the message that all languages are valuable and that this is part of decolonising.
Amy Lennon and Ellie Chettle-Cully will then share their own practice and there will be a chance at the end for people to ask questions or share their own ideas.
Overall, the aim is to demonstrate activities which could be replicated in other settings. We will also advertise and promote the launch meeting of the Primary decolonising the curriculum Special Interest Group.
Secondary session
GCSE 2024 Up-date
Although not all of the new GCSE specifications will have been accredited by Ofqual by Saturday, Helen Myers has enough information to present a useful, up-dated and impartial comparison, based on documentation and additional insight from meetings with the exam board representatives.
We are delighted that Adam Lamb has accepted our invitation to follow up his January presentation by telling us more about how he is preparing for the new GCSE, with specific examples relating to phonics and CPD planning.

Countries and Cultures in the Curriculum and the Classroom

Nathalie Blondeau always brims with ideas which she uses in her own work as a Harris Federation Languages consultant, but which she also so generously shares with others. She has prepared a presentation which covers both decolonisation and the EDI agenda, striving to make the curriculum more inclusive and to make resources as diverse as possible. She will share resources, lessons and schemes of work including story books for Y7,8,9 which follow diverse families. One of our most recent ALL London committee recruits, Ali Koubaa, will show us how he uses these resources in his school in Orpington. WE are really looking forward to this very practical session.

ALL LRB Committee Meeting
2023-05-16 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-03-09 08:00 - 17:00 | Zoom

Language Learning with ChatGPT: Exploring Opportunities and Risks PART 2
2023-02-28 20:00 - 21:30 | Zoom
Please register on Eventbrite here.

Language Learning with ChatGPT: Exploring Opportunities and Risks
2023-02-21 20:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
Please follow this link to register for this free webinar.

A TiLT Webinar with Caroline Schlegel and Aubrey Swisher
2023-02-09 20:45 - 21:45 | Zoom
Please register on Eventbrite here. Order confirmation contains links to Zoom room and Unlisted YouTube channel.

Looking back at 2022 and forward to 2023 for AQA GCSE MFL
2023-02-06 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
For more information and registration, please follow this link to Eventbrite.
