"Heads of languages interviewed like the strong focus on grammar and giving students more opportunity for independent and analytical thought," she said.
"Dictionaries have always included formal and informal English," says the head of language content at Collins, Helen Newstead.
Helen Newstead, head of language content at Collins, said: "Dictionaries have always included formal and informal English, but it used to be hard to find printed evidence of the use of slang words.
"'Brexit' is arguably politics's most important contribution to the English language in over 40 years, since the Watergate scandal gave commentators and comedians the suffix '-gate' to make any incident or scandal infinitely more compelling," said Helen Newstead, Collins's head of language content.
Apart from issues under the general heading of language in education, this interview adds the theme of multimodality to the discussions, reflecting the emerging concern of the interviewers with the grammar of other semiotic systems.
"Much of this year's list" was "definitely politically charged," said Collins' head of language content, Helen Newstead, via a statement.
McMullen also wanted a head of languages but didn't get a single applicant.
Meanwhile, Rachel Wicaksono, head of languages and linguistics at York St John, emphasises the importance of continuing post-qualification development.
Rachel Wicaksono is head of languages and linguistics at York St John University (YSJ) and teaches on the YSJ MA Applied Linguistics: TESOL.
Cettina Russano, head of languages at Rokeby, told me the day reaffirmed for her that language teaching needs to be more engaging.
The BBC has lost one of its strongest champions for women and ethnic minorities with the departure of Liliane Landor as head of languages for the World Service.
