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Although a few dropped out as soon as they realised what was involved, a small group grew by word of mouth, and, in the end, met in their own time as well as in our weekly sessions to chew over… Read More »Not only for high achievers, teaches new ways to think, benefits A2 students particularly, can quieten the noisiest students! – From Louis, as a Teacher

Let me heartily recommend the LO! To declare my interest, I am involved with the UK committee, but only as a result of the terrifically enjoyable experience I’ve had trialling the LO with my folks – I’ve run it as… Read More »Great for Personal Statement and Enriches Language Skills – Louis, past UK Committee member

I have been running the UKLO here at Richard Huish College, a sixth form college in Taunton, since 2012 and with, I like to think, some success – 1 student into the 2nd round in 2012 and this year, and… Read More »UKLO: A Measure of Success at Oxbridge, Opens Students Eyes beyond commonly taught MFLs, Exposure makes students more informed in university degree choices, and they choose linguistics- Helen, Richard Huish College 2016

It’s been a great experience for us entering and we feel as MFL teachers we’ve got a lot of out it to see how our pupils of different abilities approached the problems and to see their way of thinking in… Read More »‘We learnt loads too!’ From teachers

They did rather enjoy trying to penetrate Italian, and if they can enjoy such things at their age it bodes well for the future. We do have a fairly high proportion of children in our school with English as an… Read More »‘Good For the Future and EAL student friendly’ From Schools

I would also like to express my gratitude to you and the rest of those in charge of UKLO for giving me the extraordinary opportunities I’ve had over the last four years. I genuinely feel as though doing this competition… Read More »‘It changed my life’ -A very gratified student (2013-2017)