Languages, Society & Policy: a journal connecting research in linguistics and languages, cultures and societies with policy and the public

Call for Special Collection on AI and Language Education

Guest-edited by Andrew Caines, Christophe Gagne and Rebecca Woods
Edited by Dora Alexopoulou

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Policy Papers & Collections

Language Teacher Recruitment and Retention in England’s Schools: Practitioner perspectives

Ann-Marie Hunter and Zhu Hua

Aug 10

Languages in UK Education: postface

Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Charles Forsdick

Feb 14, 2025

Adopting British Sign Language in deaf education: lessons from Welsh and Gaelic

Rob Wilks and Rachel O’Neill

Jan 20, 2025

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Opinion Articles

Bursary withdrawal as evidence of interest convergence: Race and the recruitment of Black African international language teachers

Lisa Panford

Jun 3

How can we move from cold spots to hot spots? Learning from current practices which nurture languages education in the four nations of the United Kingdom

Jo Biddle and Jane Andrews

Jul 8, 2025

Think Like a Linguist: Community and collaboration for a new languages curriculum

Charlotte Ryland

Jun 25, 2025

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Dialogues

UK Language Policy: Future Directions and Challenges

Dora Alexopoulou, Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Diana Sutton

Nov 1, 2021

Intrinsic interest and explicit instruction: Reforming MFL pedagogy in English schools

Ian Bauckham

May 15, 2019

Teaching English grammar: The Englicious approach

Bas Aarts