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If you're heading to an in-person MFL conference for the first time, have a look at these tips for making the most of it!

This weekend (13th-14th March 2026), I'm heading to Hinckley, Leicestershire to the Language World conference. Last year, I attended as a speaker, but this year I'm going to be ...

You may have heard terms "growing" and "scaling" used when it comes to building a business, perhaps even interchangeably. Maybe you've wondered whether there is a difference between them, and if so, what that difference actually is?

As far as I'm concerned, there are some huge differences between "...

One of the hardest things for students to get right in the writing exams is the 150-word question in the higher paper. It's designed to let the grade 7-9 students really show off what they can do... but it can also leave them feeling lost and stuck for ideas.

That's why I've created 2 new lessons f...

If you only know these three things about the new AQA and Edexcel French, German and Spanish speaking exams, you'll go far!

I know that the new speaking exams are on a lot of MFL teachers' minds at the moment. As you get closer to the exams, I'm sure you have more questions than ever - don't forget...

In an ever more polarised world, I believe it is more important than ever to teach and learn languages, and this is why...

1. Learning a foreign language teaches us that some things are just different, and that "different" doesn't mean "bad" or "stupid". They're literally just different.

2. Learni...

I will start this blog post by saying that I have made plenty of mistakes with money over the years... as every successful business owner has!

However, right from the start of my business I have never made any of the following mistakes (which I see other small businesses making all the time)...

Mi...

I grumble a lot about the prescribed vocab lists (and I'm sure I'm not the only one) but there are a few things that I do actually like about the new exams.

So, here are 3 things I like about the new French, German and Spanish GCSEs:

1. The rubrics being in English.

I think for the writing and sp...

Love it or hate it, AI is here to stay, and I have started to use it a lot to help me create the lessons and resources that are for sale on the Kate Languages website.

In the latest episode of the Kate Languages Podcast, I answered a great question that someone DMed me recently, which was:

Do you...

And how you can, too!

This week (19th - 24th January 2026) is "Shout out for German" week - a time to celebrate teaching and learning German in the UK, so I wanted to share some ideas about how to keep German alive and well, in spite of many schools' best efforts to get rid of it!

Many of you don'...

If you're an education business owner (such as a tutor or teaching resources seller), do you track your numbers on a regular basis?

This week in the Teaching Beyond the Classroom community, we had a training call all about tracking your numbers in your education business.

From why it's important t...

The title of this blog post might seem a bit weird (especially if you haven't seen or listened to the latest episode of the Kate Languages Podcast!) - lots of people didn't move house last year, so why on earth am I telling you that I also didn't move?!

Well, the fact is, we were supposed to move h...

I'm not going to lie... getting my head back into work mode after a break isn't easy.