Dr Alasdair Allan’s video message for the Language Leaders’ Summit at Westminster (October 2014) in which he outlines the Scottish Government’s commitment and ambition for language teaching and learning in Scotland’s schools.

Following our cluster training in the pilot cluster there was a request for basic classroom vocabulary to be posted on this blog. The French Assistant has kindly recorded this for us

which can be listened to along with this sheet.

Classroom instructions

The Scottish Association for Language Teaching is holding its annual conference on 1/11/14 at the University of Strathclyde. There will be contributions from speakers directly involved in the implementation of 1+2. A specialist publishers’ exhibition, including stands from various language organisations, will form an integral part of the conference. Contact DOs for more information.