London: City of Languages

ALL London January Event 2026: 17/1/26
2026-01-17 10:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | BFI, London
Please save the date and see the ALL London site for updates.

Language Diversity: Foreign Accents and Multilingualism in 21st Century Britain
2025-11-05 12:30 - 17:30
Hosted by: University of East London – School of Childhood and Social Care
Convener: Dr Miha Constantinescu
Location: The Dome, University House, Stratford Campus
Date & Time: 5th November, 13:00
Free to attend – booking required due to limited capacity
https://tinyurl.com/MultilingualismUEL

A MESSAGE FROM THE ORGANISERS:

This interdisciplinary event brings together psychologists, linguists, philosophers, and musicians to examine how language diversity intersects with education, AI, criminal justice, and social environments. The workshop aims to raise awareness and foster positive change in attitudes toward foreign accents.
Speakers include: Prof Silke Paulmann (University of Essex), Dr Froso (Effrosyni) Argyri (UCL), Prof Lara Frumkin (Open University), Prof Rachel Wicaksono (UEL), Dr Virginia Lam (Roehampton), Dr James Carney (London Interdisciplinary School), Dr Cristian Constantinescu (London Interdisciplinary School), Dr Anna Stone (UEL), Dr Constantina Maltezou-Papastylianou, (Essex).
We look forward to welcoming you!
Please feel free to share this invite with other colleagues who might be interested.

The ALL London Reception for Trainee Teachers: 13/10/25
2025-10-13 17:00 - 18:00
You’re Invited!
ALL London Welcome Event for Trainee Teachers
Free, Friendly & Fun – Monday 13th October 2025 at Senate House, University of London.
Are you a trainee teacher of languages – primary or secondary? Join us for a relaxed, sociable late afternoon hosted by the ALL London branch of the Association for Language Learning (ALL) – your national subject association for language teachers.
Please follow the Ticket Tailor link for more details.

Celebrate European Day of Languages: 26/9/25
2025-09-26 09:00 - 10:00
The British Council, GCHQ and the National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE) would like to invite you and your pupils to an online (Microsoft Teams) event at 9am -10am on September 26, to celebrate European Day of Languages. There will be 3 speakers who will share their own language learning journey, the languages that they have learned, where they have travelled to, the skills that learning languages can bring and how they use languages in their work. There will be a chance for pupils to ask questions. Please register below.

The ALL London June Event 2025
2025-06-21 10:00 - 14:30
