APPG Modern Languages
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Chair: Dame Nia Griffith MP; Co-Chair: Baroness Coussins. APPGs are informal groups of parliamentarians. Full disclaimer and contacts: link below.
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🎉 Schools! Starts today: Celebrate Speaking! our festival of languages.
To join in, have your students film a short piece in their favourite language and you upload to X. Remember to tag #CelebrateSpeaking so we can find your film!
More info here: bit.ly/3GM0KDQ
The multilingualism of our cities is an underappreciated asset. This event tomorrow at University of Westminster discuss a new book on the role of migration and diversity in London.
Thanks to APPG Modern Languages for inviting us to discuss The Languages Gateway and evolving national #languagestrategy with policymakers alongside Sarah Cowan and Charles Forsdick . Good to see so many colleagues and thanks for +ve feedback Louise Glen Ian Collen 🇪🇺 Liz Wren-Owens.
New British Sign Language GCSE heading for classrooms in Sep 2025 as Department for Education publishes the subject content today:
gov.uk/government/new…
#LanguagePolicyUK
This week's #BBCYoungReporter piece is by Julia who is bilingual in English and Polish and reports on why supplementary (Saturday) schools are so important and should be supported. Watch:⬇️
Important new report out today from the Lords Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee ⬇️, says 'the Government should explore innovative ways to encourage schools to promote language learning'. #LanguagePolicyUK
committees.parliament.uk/committee/647/…