About us

We work in partnership with university researchers, teacher educators and expert practitioners, and with 18 Specialist Teachers in nine Leading Schools across the country acting as language hubs, to improve language curriculum design and pedagogy.

Modern Foreign Language Pedagogy

The Centre is funded by the Department for Education (DfE) to take forward the recommendations of the ‘Review of MFL Pedagogy’ and support their implementation in schools.

Language Hubs

We drive, support, and monitor the work of a national collaborative network of Modern Foreign Language teachers and their schools to raise the standards of language teaching through the sharing of resources and good practice.

17 Oct

NCELP showcase at the ALL Yorkshire Winter Series

The Association for Language Learning (ALL) Yorkshire Winter Series will showcase the work of NCELP. The series title is: Towards Excellence. Understanding, Improving and Promoting Language Learning. All sessions will...

15 Oct

Emma Marsden presents at the National Modern Foreign Languages Conference 2019

Emma Marsden presented at the National Modern Foreign Languages Conference 2019, on 15th October in Central London. Download the presentation ‘NCELP: Linking research on language learning and teaching with classroom practice...

17 Sep

Successful NCELP Residential

The second NCELP residential took place at the University of Oxford on 6-7 September 2019. Once again, the two day residential brought together 18 Specialist Teachers with researchers, CPD providers...

2 Jul

Emma Marsden presents at ALL Initial Teacher Education and Training Summer Seminar, York St John

Emma Marsden presented to the Association for Language Learning’s (ALL) Initial Teacher Education and Training SIG on 2 July 2019 at York St John University. Download the presentation ‘NCELP: Linking...