Could you teach languages?

Are you a creative thinker?

Teaching languages requires creativity to find ways to bring a language and culture to life and to engage and inspire students. Creating your own interactive class materials and developing innovative teaching methods will allow you to constantly challenge yourself and your class. This requires motivation and, of course, proficiency in your chosen language(s) and knowledge in teaching methods.

You can watch a video on how Italian teacher Emma Kilburn uses her creativity to develop her students' thinking skills in preparation for their exams.

Can you contribute to the MFL community?

The teachers in the MFL community are active and passionate about their specialism, sharing ideas and challenging themselves further at every opportunity.

I wanted to make a difference and pass on my enthusiasm for languages and learning to my students.
Paul Keogh MBE, head of languages and advanced skills teacher (AST)

Additionally, MFL teachers tend to embrace the opportunities information and communication technology (ICT) offers. They blog, use online tools to create classroom materials and discuss the challenges and rewards of their work

You can experience an example of this by watching a video of French teacher Hélène Tulodziecki engaging and challenging her students

Language subject associations such as the National Centre for Languages (CILT) and the Association for Language Learning (ALL) also offer teaching inspiration and resources as well as online and real-life networking opportunities for language teachers at all levels.

Are you keen to develop your language and teaching skills?

With the introduction of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), it is likely that more students than ever before will be studying an MFL.

You can train to teach German, French or Spanish, either by themselves or with another subject.

Find out about other shortage subjects on our teach maths, teach physics and teach chemistry pages.

You can take a subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course to boost your skills in a shortage subject or languages.

See how German teacher Rebecca Wills uses her enthusiasm and passion to challenge herself to improve her teaching even further.

Find out more about teaching secondary languages or sign up with the Teaching Agency