Some useful Subject links - # 7 - MFL & E2L

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'Welcome to the web pages of the Association for Language Learning, the UK's major subject association for teachers of foreign languages. We hope that you will find up-to-date and useful information on this site. Some of our pages are restricted to members.'  Not much 'blurb' available and no search engine - not sure of what ICT support they provide!

 

'BLIS Services is the one-stop shop for language and cultural expertise. Maintained by CILT, the National Centre for Languages and its Regional Language Networks, relaunched with a new look website in April 2005.   The new BLIS Services site should be the first port of call for anyone needing help with language and cultural issues.'

 

'Camsoft was founded in 1982, making us one of the longest established CALL software developers and retailers in the UK. If you want to know about computers and language learning then you have come to the right place... Camsoft is a registered supplier/retailer under the UK government's Curriculum Online (COL) initiative, whereby schools are granted eLearning Credits (eLCs), a pot of money that they can use to buy educational software and online services. ' 

 

Welcome to CILT, the National Centre for Languages   'Developing the nation's language capability 2007-2010 CILT, the National Centre for Languages, is committed to reviewing its strategy to produce a new three-year Corporate Plan to cover the period 2007–2010. We are seeking your views at an early stage to inform the development of this Plan.'

 

'Welcome to EUROCALL, the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning.  EUROCALL aims to provide a European focus for the promulgation of innovative research, development and practice relating to the use of technologies for language learning.  This web site provides information on all aspects of EUROCALL and its activities, as well as links to a wide range of resources relevant to computer assisted and technology enhanced language learning.'


'This website is a free collection of training modules in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Language Teachers, the outcome of a project originally funded by the European Commission. All the training modules are continually revised and updated. Graham Davies (TVU) is Academic Coordinator of the ICT4LT Project. Editor of the English language section of the ICT4LT website.'   See his page for an amazing number of useful links.    Also an important .pdf paper 'Setting up digital language labs and multimedia ICT suites for MFL'


'Talk-2-Talk is an educational software tool built into software for use with any age group. It can support up to 40 different languages, giving teachers the opportunity to develop skills in both MFL and EAL. Talk-2-Talk software has a core in English and further languages can be purchased and installed at any time. Any of these languages can then be selected as the First or Second language for the program. '

 

 

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