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CONTENTS
News & editorial
SYSTEM 'FAILS' REFUGEES . 5
INSIDE PARLIAMENT . . . . . . 6
Update on the work of the all-party group
Awards in focus
KING OF STRATEGY . . . . . . 10
Lid King shares his journey from impromptu
French interpreter as a boy to National
Languages Director and beyond
MAKING OF A CHAMPION . 12
Why Business Language Champions are
inspiring a new generation of learners
TOP OF THE CLASS . . . . . . . 15
How one sixth-form college gained top
marks in Languages for Business
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Editor M Moore linguist.editor@ciol.org.uk
Sales D Butler +44 (0) 20 7940 3100; deborah.butler@ciol.org.uk
Editorial Board
Chair K Paver MA (Oxon) PgDip MCIL MITI
D Butler BA (Hons) (ex officio)
A Carlisle MA (ex officio)
J Guardamagna BA MCIL IAPTI APARU
H Gulowsen DipTrans IoLET CL (Translator) MCIL MITI
M Kilminster BA ATCL
L Melcion MA (Surrey) DipTrans IoLET PG Cert Ed MCIL
K Stokes MA (Oxon) MA (City) DipTrans IoLET FCIL MITI CL
M Moore BA (ex officio)
Dr M Pollard BA PhD FCIL FHEA
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Features
THE BIG IDEA . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Q&A with Ellie Baker, Founder of Bilinguasing
CUTTING WORK . . . . . . . . . . 8
How interpreters can prepare for the
trauma of working with victims of FGM
IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN . . 16
Can the international Anglo European School
crack the problem of primary transition?
A WOMAN'S WORLD . . . . . 18
A look at the gender imbalance in interpreting
MAPPING MAPUZUNGUN . 20
Why the Mapuche language is in decline
THE RIGHT WAY
TO TEACH? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Analysis of the new language teaching review
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Opinion & comment
MASTER IN THE MAKING . . 25
The assessment period is a time for reflection
IN MY OPINION… . . . . . . . . 26
Should you translate into a non-native tongue?
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
JUST THE JOB . . . . . . . . . . . 29
A graduate career in the insurance industry
Institute matters
DIVISIONS & SOCIETIES . . . 30
Don't miss out on all our forthcoming events
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 32
ADMISSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
FRESH INSIGHTS . . . . . . . . . 34
Council member Tom Gale describes his role
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