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Resource Site of the Week: MFL Sunderland
This week’s Resource Site of the Week is an essential tool for teachers of foreign languages. Have you explored MFL Sunderland yet?

10 Resources for the European Day of Languages
It’s the European Day of Languages on 26th September. Find 10 great resources to help you celebrate the day here!

Cloud Cuckoo World
Use these great stories about Cloud Cuckoo World as part of your MFL lessons.

Ideas and Freebies for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Take a look at this popular resource site that contains an enormous collection of ideas, activities and games that support the teaching of English as a foreign language.

New Writing, Science and MFL resources on Teaching Ideas
Download lots of new, free resources from Teaching Ideas, supporting Writing, Science and Languages in your classroom!
Brush up on language skills abroad
CILT, the National Centre for Languages is running a Primary Teachers’ Project, which gives teachers a chance to spend two weeks in France, Germany or Spain next spring topping up on their language skills and picking up new teaching ideas. Image – Arc de Triomphe Teachers spend one week in intensive language and methodology workshops [...]

Things I’ve discovered on Twitter recently (part 5)
Here is a selection of some interesting and educational things that I’ve found recently, via my Twitter network: Zooburst – This amazing site lets you make your own 3D augmented reality pop up books (via @relativism, @xannov and @ianaddison). Application for Headship - Information and advice for those who need to write a letter of application [...]
New TEFL qualification
Frontier is working with Edexcel to offer a new TEFL programme – The BTEC Advanced Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. This is a customised course which is accredited by Edexcel as a level 3 qualification. Volunteers taking part on Frontier’s teaching projects for 4 weeks or more are able to sign up [...]
New Education Apps
EducationApps have been busy building lots of new iPhone and iPod Touch apps for use in education. Here are some of their latest additions: Ultimate Times Tables – A fun way for children of all ages to learn their times tables. This has four different types of tests and allows up to five users to [...]







