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Our mission

The RiPL network investigates and reports on the learning of languages in primary classrooms.

Our research

View our one page, reader-friendly summaries of published research articles and book chapters.

The White Paper

Find out more about the outcome of the RiPL Primary Languages Policy Summit.

Teaching resources

Browse our collection of resources for teachers and researchers to use in their teaching and studies.

Read our news

Learn more about the latest developments in primary school languages across the country.

Discovering primary languages

The RiPL network is a group of researchers, practising teachers, teacher educators and policy makers interested in Research in Primary Languages. The teaching and learning of foreign languages in English state primary schools has been a compulsory part of the curriculum for all children at Key Stage 2 since September 2014. But context really does play an important part, and a one-size national curriculum, however worthy in intention, is not always easy to teach! Here we explore issues, gather and share ideas, discuss and evaluate with the aim of supporting and improving foreign language teaching.

Research

Find out what research has been carried out on the teaching and learning of languages in primary schools.

This White Paper is the outcome of the RiPL Primary Languages Policy Summit, which took place on Friday 23rd November 2018 at the British Academy in London.

Here we house a collection of resources for teachers and researchers to use in their teaching and studies.

In January, Bernardette Holmes, writing about languages for young learners in post-Brexit Britain, suggested that language learning is now of increased importance. It is indeed crucial now that we prepare our young learners to be culturally aware, linguistically able and economically literate if we are to participate on the world stage.
Read more of this thought-provoking piece by Gee Macrory, former Principal Lecturer at the School of Teacher Education & Professional Development at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Preparing younger learners for life in post-Brexit Britain

11:PM 23:00 Greenwich Mean Time on Friday, 31st January 2020 marks the moment when the United Kingdom formally ends its membership of the European Union, severing a relationship that has been in place for 47 years. The historic significance of this event and its ongoing ramifications will affect everyone in every part of the country, irrespective of affiliations to either side of the Brexit debate, which continues to divide public opinion in all four corners of the UK. As educators, and linguists, now more than ever, we must ask ourselves how we can best prepare younger learners for life in post-Brexit Britain, and question the role of languages within that remit.

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