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Managing a Language Teacher Association
Setting up a multilingual Language Teacher Association In 2015, FIPLV Member Association BETA organised a Roundtable with representatives from several unilingual teacher associations in Bulgaria. The purpose was to explore the benefits of enabling language teachers of all languages to collaborate. The Roundtable explored these issues and shared a number of different models of collaboration,…
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Support with promoting language learning
Speak to the Future FIPLV President Terry Lamb is happy to share expertise, advise and support associations in making a case for languages in their countries. He is currently actively engaged in the Speak to the Future campaign for languages in the UK, which has negotiated access to senior policymakers, after many years of campaigning on language issues locally and nationally through his work with the Association…
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Reasons for learning a language
Why Languages Matter! (Funded by ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Festival of Social Science) Multilingualism throughout the Sheffield City Region Sheffield is a vibrant multilingual city, in which over 120 languages are spoken in our varied communities. These range from languages used in the home or learnt at school, to those spoken by the many visitors…
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Steven Fawkes FIPLV Award 2024
(ALL – The Association for Language Learning) Steven Fawkes 2024 Steven Fawkes is a Europe-wide respected figure in language education whose career spans over four decades. His contributions to teaching and learning with a specific emphasis on cherishing the joy of language learning, have shaped language professionals in the UK and beyond. A dedicated advocate for multilingualism,…