Bev Whiteside
@Bev_Whiteside
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All views are my own. Chair of the National Association of Language Advisers (NALA), Faculty Leader
West Midlands
Joined July 2010
Happy World Kindness Day! 🌍🩷 Let’s celebrate by doing one kind act for others; send a message to someone who would appreciate to hear from you, donate to a food bank, see how many compliments you can give today, congratulate someone for an achievement that may go unnoticed or
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⬇️🧐 Watch APPG Co-Chair Baroness Coussins ask Minister @Jacqui_Smith1 how govt plans to boost languages now Ebacc is scrapped, calls for an Advanced Language Premium to support A-level take-up based on the successful Maths model. https://t.co/uYQVILaKVw
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Every language is a gateway. Through languages, science, art, law, music, history, drama, sport - and just about all human endeavour - speak to you in new ways. Languages expand the mind, deepen empathy, and make the world closer, richer, brighter. That’s why languages matter.
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🚨⬇️Watch APPG Vice Chair @darrenpaffey ask the Secretary of State @bphillipsonMP about plans to boost languages following today's publication of the Curriculum & Assessment Review: https://t.co/yk6t464b7a
#LanguagePolicyUK
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A great way to feel happier is to try a new activity or take a different approach ✨ Join us for #NewWaysNovember and get daily ideas to help you find new ways forward https://t.co/VeJd1aAnzo
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Teachers don’t lose their spark because they stop caring. They lose it because they care too much. It's a system that keeps asking for more while giving less. And when that spark goes out, the world becomes a little darker, colder, and lonelier. ~ Dr. Brad Johnson
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Recovery takes time and patience. Be gentle with yourself and stay hopeful Image: https://t.co/kVNtXh4AES
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If you’re lucky enough to learn a language at school, take it. It might take you on exchanges to France, Germany and Spain, a year abroad, new voyages. You might interpret Albanian in Kosovo, teach Romanian, work with Farsi & Chinese - and discover a whole new life along the way.
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Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻 In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year. Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it. ***** "I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often
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🚨Great to see @standardnews covering this very important research from @karen_forbes @Cambridge_Uni. The APPG has long been concerned that language learning is increasingly associated with socio-economic advantage and endorses the call for 'languages for all'.
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‘For less wealthy students, these subjects are often de-emphasised’: disadvantaged children are less likely to attend a school where learning a language at GCSE is compulsory, @Cambridge_Uni research shows https://t.co/U9AnNAqpM1
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Disadvantaged students are disproportionately in schools that do not have compulsory GCSE languages, a University of Cambridge study shows
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https://t.co/Z005osCE4n This invitation to tender may interest subject experts In anticipation of the Curriculum and Assessment Review final report & acceptance of recommendations, subject experts required to revise NC PoS & qualifications subject content, closing date Oct 14
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Languages aren’t a luxury. They’re how we learn to listen, experience, and see the world in all its diversity and complexity. Every student should have that opportunity. Languages are essential, because they connect us to people, stories and perspectives we can’t afford to lose.
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Self Care September - Day 11: Make time to do something you really enjoy https://t.co/rry9VO52NK
#SelfCareSeptember
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“Paying teachers for perfect attendance" sounds good on paper, but it misses the real challenge. It pressures teachers to come in sick, penalizes those with chronic conditions or family responsibilities, emergencies and creates resentment instead of morale. Worse, it ignores the
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Get ready for the new school year. Check out these free, easy-to-download resources from @School_British. They're designed to connect your students with the wider world, ideal for #mfl teachers. https://t.co/K7E1CwyNEl
#mfltwitterati #edutwitter
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Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big player on the world stage unless we speak more languages | Sophia Smith Galer
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For all the talk of addressing the problem, things have got worse. Which is criminal when there is so much we could do, says journalist Sophia Smith Galer
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⬇️ Letter to @thetimes by Baroness Coussins, Co-chair of the APPG, in response to their recent leading article arguing falling languages uptake narrows young people's horizons ( https://t.co/8ZYwtNTsEF ) #LanguagePolicyUK
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👇An important conversation about the decline of language learning, the challenges we face in languages education and how we can tackle them. 🔗Listen to whole of Vicky and Steve's segment (1:53-1:58 approximately) here: https://t.co/v13AxC87sE
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A new report shows a decline in UK students choosing to study modern languages at A-Level. Vicky Gough, schools adviser at the British Council, and educator Steve Chalke discuss the reasons for the decrease. #R4Today
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Anon post: Does anyone create a “Term on a Page” document for staff that outlines key dates, events, and priorities? I’m planning to design one for my team and would love to see examples—mainly to get ideas on layout and what others choose to include. If you're willing to share,
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