Primary books

Bringing it home How parents can support children's language learning
Richard Smith Anne Farren

Early Language Learning DVD Making it happen, making it work and making it better

Young pathfinder series

Focus on key elements of good practice in the teaching of languages to young children. They provide stimulating and practical ideas for both specialist and non-specialist language teachers.

2  Games and fun activities
Cynthia Martin

3  Are you sitting comfortably? Telling stories to young language learners
Daniel Tierney, Patricia Dobson

5  First steps to reading and writing
Christina Skarbek

6  Let's join in! Rhymes, poems and songs
Catherine Cheater, Cynthia Martin

7  Making the link Relating languages to other work in the school
Malcolm Hope, Daniel Tierney

8  Grammar is fun - revised and updated
Lydia Biriotti

9  Literacy link
Anne Farren, Catherine Cheater

10  World of languages Developing children's love of languages
Cathy Pomphrey, Manjula Datta

11  Flying start - revised and updated Introducing early language learning
June de Silva, Peter Satchwell

12  Working together Native speaker assistants in the primary school
Cynthia Martin, Anne Farren

13  Mind the gap! Improving transition between Key Stage 2 and 3
Ann Gregory, Rosemary Bevis

14  We have the technology! Using ICT to enhance primary languages
Daniel Tierney, Therese Comfort

15  Speak up! Using the target language in class
Peter Satchwell, June de Silva

16 Leading the way Coordinating primary languages
Bernadette Clinton and Marion Vincent

Hocus & lotus resources

This innovative and easy to use learning material for young children is designed to introduce a new language to very young children (from age 3), but is also suitable for use at Key Stage 2. Songs, drama and stories are acted out in the classroom using texts and scripts which have been carefully developed to assist the process of language acquisition through repetition and through visual clues which support understanding. In French, German, Spanish and Italian

Magic teacher Learning a foreign language at nursery school-results from the project
Traute Taeschner

Magic teachers kit levels 1 to 5

Hocus & Lotus DVD level 1 to 5

Hocus & lotus videos levels 1 to 5

Hocus & lotus singalong CDs levels 1 to 5

European language portfolios

ELP Junior (2nd Edition)

ELP junior-teachers guide (3rd Edition)

Curriculum guides for community languages

Provide a flexible framework to support the design and delivery of courses in both mainstream amd complementary sectors

Curriculum guide-Arabic
Sawan Saffaf, Nazek Abdel-Hay

Curriculum guide-Chinese
Katherine Li, Amy Thompson, Eileen Lee

Curriculum guide-Panjabi
Naresh Chandla, Paramjeet Grewal   

Curriculum guide-Tamil
Kristhuraja Nithiya, Siva Pillai

Curriculum guide-Urdu
Hamida Syed, Kausar Ali

Curriculum framework for mother tongue teaching in Bengali
Ayub Ali, Patricia McLagan

ResourceFile series

Provide a wealth of innovative ideas and ready-to-use photocopiable classroom activities, helping teachers to develop their teaching approaches and add variety to their lessons. All materials are supported by detailed teacher's notes.

3  Getting the basics right Nouns, gender and adjectives
Lydia Biriotti

6  Rhythm and rhyme Developing language in French and German
Cynthia Marti