What's the best way to teach languages?
How do students best pick up languages? Martin Williams talks to academics, teachers and multi-lingual speakers to find out about the science of ...
How to teach ... spelling
Learning how to spell is a useful lifelong skill. Use the Guardian Teacher Network's resources this week to help your students get to grips with it ...
Botox silences women's faces – and freezes out empathy in body language | Jessie Cole
Young women are using Botox as a 'preventive measure', but facial paralysis inhibits the ability to mirror others' expressions ...
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Michael Gove and 'correct grammar': let me explain this slowly | Michael Rosen
If you really want see more children fail to acquire Standard English, go ahead with your programme of grammar tests in primary schools ...
Eleven-year-olds wake up to compulsory spelling and grammar test
Pupils in England will be required to spell 'separate' and 'necessary' and quizzed on punctuation in controversial new exam ...
Letters: Limp argument
Speaking at the Police Federation's conference, Theresa May argues that criminals who murder police officers should be jailed for the rest of their ...
Grammar rules everyone should follow
Following the inaugural Bad Grammar awards, Thomas Jones lists nine grammatical conventions that, depending on context, you may – sorry, might – as ...
Languages in UK schools: where we are vs where we need to be
What more could and should we be doing with languages in schools? Louise Tickle takes a look at the language learning landscape in the UK ...
Why I became a languages teacher: to make my subject relevant to students
Head of languages Bertram Richter tell Emily Drabble how using Twitter and Skype has revolutionised his teaching and why he teaches in the UK rather ...
Language learning: teaching tips and creative lesson ideas
Sponsored Q&A: Join us to share advice and ideas on bringing languages to life in schools, Thursday 16 May 2013, 6pm to 8pm ...