by laacademia-author | Apr 24, 2017 | KS2 languages, Languages, MFL in primaries
Recently we asked some of our primary school Spanish students to feed back to us about their experience with la Academia. We’re really pleased with the high ratings they gave la Academia and the teachers involved. It was really interesting to hear the young people’s...
by laacademia-author | Jul 11, 2016 | A level MFL, GCSE MFL, MFL in primaries
With schools competing to get ever-better results, and modern foreign languages (MFL) seen as a “hard” subject, the learning of foreign languages in schools is under pressure at the moment. To make matters worse there has been criticism of marking of language...
by laacademia-author | Apr 21, 2015 | KS2 languages, MFL in primaries
Over the past 12 years and more, la Academia has watched with interest and increasing exasperation as successive governments have changed, strengthened, diluted and messed with language learning in UK schools. Everyone seems to agree that languages are an essential...
by laacademia-author | Sep 22, 2014 | KS2 languages, Language classes in schools, MFL in primaries
Welcome back, Primary School students and teachers! One aspect of your lives that may be about to change is that learning a language is now compulsory at KS2. This may fill teachers with dread – one more subject that someone will have to teach – but...
by laacademia-author | May 20, 2014 | KS2 languages, MFL in primaries
Children from Manchester Primary Schools are getting the chance to win a Language Experience Day from la Academia, by drawing a picture that shows why they would like to learn a foreign language. The winning picture will entitle the child’s school to a full Language...
by laacademia-author | Mar 28, 2014 | KS2 languages, MFL in primaries
Since 2012 Primary Schools have been included in the Language Trends survey, carried out by the British Council and the CfBT Education Trust. The reason for this is that from September 2014 languages will be a compulsory part of the curriculum for all KS2 pupils....
