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An international conference on Bringing Creativity and Thinking Skills into the Educational Process.

The conference will be devoted to various aspects of developing speaking skills in the foreign language classroom, as viewed from both a psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspective. It will be organized by the Institute of Modern Languages, State School of Higher Professional Education, Konin, Poland, and the Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland.

The conference will be devoted to various aspects of classroom-oriented research, focusing in particular on the ways in which theory, research and classroom practice can be successfully reconciled. The event will provide a forum for disseminating latest research findings in this area, which is of pivotal importance to foreign and second language pedagogy.

With the support of the Lifelong Learning programme of the EU, Lancook is an exciting project which involves developing language learning materials for European languages and cuisines.

President of the Association for Language Learning in the UK, Bernardette Holmes, assesses the health of language learning in England compared with that of the rest of the EU

Scotland needs a radical change of approach to modern languages in schools, Scottish Minister for Learning Alasdair Allan has said.

Towards a Language Rich Europe is a collection of multilingual essays from the British Council Language Rich Europe project, a two and a half year initiative to explore language policy and practice, facilitate knowledge sharing, and promote multilingualism across Europe. 

In-Service Training Courses - Multicultural Teaching & Learning Methods for effective integration of migrants: Adult Education