E–mail discussion
Email discussion forums are designed to enable people to exchange ideas, ask each other questions, share information and problems, seek advice from peers and discuss current issues. The following discussion lists are open to anyone who is interested and everyone is welcome to join, free of charge.
ITT MFL forum
An email discussion group set up by this website ITT support project for all those interested in the Initial Teacher Training of Modern Foreign Languages. The aim of the forum is to generate discussion, information exchange and mutual support for providers of teacher training, both in universities and in school-based programmes.
You can join the ITTMFL forum and browse archives of previous discussions on the forum webpages at:
http://www.mailtalk.ac.uk/archives/ittmfl.html
Other forums related to language teaching and learning
CILT is running a number of email discussion groups for the exchange of news on language learning issues, each having a particular focus:
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Linguanet forum (for general information exchange on the teaching of MFL, primarily in schools and sixth forms in the UK).
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CILT Cymru forum (for information exchange on the teaching of MFL and Welsh as a second language in schools and sixth forms in Wales).
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Community languages forum
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Early language learning forum
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National Languages forum (sends weekly languages updates to your in-box).
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Netword forum (teaching languages to adults)
For further information about any of the above forums and how to join go to: http://www.cilt.org.uk/discussion.htm