Elena Polisca

New paper, co-authored with @ScienceAndMaps, published open access: ‘Cold spots’ in language degree provision in England tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Excited that this book is out now, including our chapter “How Covid-19 has changed language assessments in higher education: a practitioners’ view” (with @ElenaPolisca, @romanas_mcr & @cyrille_rollet): doi.org/10.14705/rpnet… #HigherEd #languages #MFLTwitterati #eLearning

"There’s no pedagogic precedent for using vocabulary frequency as the key driver for subject content, and as has been widely emphasised, the approach isn’t tested at GCSE level." @KatrinMKohl theguardian.com/education/2022…

Interesting theconversation.com/amp/heres-why-…

Compulsory languages "would also address the long-term shortage of linguistic skills identified by employers, have wider benefits for pupils’ educational attainment and help compensate for the loss of international links likely to result from Brexit.” tes.com/news/levels-ma…

More wisdom from @ProfMikeKelly @rene_koglbauer if ever in doubt... ft.com/content/1cbc1c…

Vicky Gough: "As education begins to recover from the pandemic, it’s essential that language learning is prioritised and available for all pupils. The benefits of having language skills and some understanding of other cultures cannot be overstated [...]" theguardian.com/education/2021…

What a load of nonsense @Ofstednews

Looking forward to speaking on 'Industrial Dante' on 10 June with @s_giordano_ and colleagues from @mcrartgallery

When you learn a language, you’re also learning history, geography, religion, music, politics, sociology, sport, food & maths, amongst so many other things. Even if you’re not ‘into languages’, there will be something in any new language to interest you & broaden your mind.

We have written to express our dismay at the proposed cuts to humanities and especially languages at @AstonUniversity @Aston_LangTrans …iversity-council-modern-languages.org/2021/05/04/ucm…

Really insightful analysis of the “motivation crisis” in #languages by secondary teacher Oliver Hopwood. “The only way to tackle this is in the classroom, through pupil experience, via the curriculum.” #LanguagesFuture #MFLTwitterati @languageacts