Celebrating Spanish Language Day
The 23rd of April is Spanish Language Day and as one of the six official languages of the United Nations, we’ve brought together some great facts and activities to help inspire your learners.
Celebrating Chinese Language Day
The 20th of April is Chinese Language Day, celebrating cultural diversity and multilingualism. We’ve pulled together some fun facts and activities for use at home or in the classroom.
A-Z Careers with Languages
Inspire your students with our new A-Z Careers with Languages poster! We've created a vibrant and informative poster that highlights a myriad of exciting career opportunities that students can pursue when they have language skills. From 'A' for Archaeologist to 'Z' for Zoologist, we've covered a diverse range of professions that demonstrate the valuable impact of multilingualism.
This poster is not only a fantastic educational tool but also an inspiring visual aid that will motivate students to explore the vast possibilities that come with mastering a new language. It serves as a reminder that language skills are not just about communication, but also about opening doors to various career paths across different industries.
Let's spread the word and encourage our students to see the world through a multilingual lens!
Real and relatable role play scenarios
Building on the role play settings used within the new qualification, this resource provides teachers with ideas of real and relevant scenarios they could play out in the classroom.
To get you started, we’ve identified a selection of relatable scenarios your students may encounter. From important interactions such as requesting medical help, to social situations with friends, these activities have been designed to offer conversations that students can relateto, and easily immerse themselves in.
Careers in the Spotlight Resource
We’ve created a selection of fun activities and inspirational content to demonstrate the wide variety of careers and opportunities available to students who speak more than one language. Whether you’re looking for activities as starters, ideas for homework, stand-alone activities or inspiration for a whole lesson, look no further!
Festive December Resource
With the countdown to the Christmas break almost upon us, we’ve created a festive pack of activities for you and your students to enjoy between now and the New Year. Whether completed in class or as part of homework, our new resource pack includes a range of activities and ideas that you can adapt as you wish, such as festive quizzes, charades, word searches and more!
International Mother Language Day
In celebration of International Mother Language Day on 21 Feb, we have created a resource that promotes linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism within the UK. In this resource, we dive into the top five non-English languages spoken in the UK, including Polish, Romanian, Punjabi, Urdu and Portuguese. Explore our jam-packed guide to words, histories and cultures from across the country, plus fun facts and activities to connect students with the power of languages.
Inspire your students to learn languages
After speaking with a diverse range of language enthusiasts, from BAFTA Award winning producers to Police Sergeants, we have put together several posters with their most inspirational quotes to get your students excited about studying languages.
Celebrating a summer of sport
This summer will see multiple international sporting events, capturing the gaze of millions across the globe.
What better way to inspire learning a new language than preparing to speak to tourists, athletes and fans, discussing what to see, who you are, as well as celebrating and making friends.
To celebrate a summer of sport, we’ve built a selection of fun games and classroom activities for you to try with your students.
Permission to Speak: Amplifying Marginalised Voices Through Languages
As part of our work to shine a light on the complete and often complicated history behind the growth of languages, we've partnered with leading language educators and leaders through the Association for Language Learning Decolonise Secondary MFL Special Interest Group to address 'diversifying the MFL curriculum' and to create a new series that aims to illuminate the hidden stories of marginalised people and cultures.
You're invited to our training events!
We’ve put together a range of training events on our PD Academy that are designed to support you in delivering the new Pearson Edexcel French, German or Spanish GCSEs.
Conversations with Eric Dier
We've teamed up with England and Tottenham footballer, Eric Dier, to showcase the benefits of language learning and the impact it can have on students' future lives.
Our qualification
Our 2024 MFL GCSEs not only combine real-world content with transparent and accessible assessments, but also include vocabulary and thematic contexts that reflect diverse student experiences.
Insights & Research
We worked with a variety of students, teachers and language sector experts to create a qualification that is accessible to all students and ensures they will be able to perform to the best of their ability.
Languages in life
Hear from a range of graduates and language enthusiasts on the countless benefits of language learning, including its influence on career development beyond the classroom.