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Download the January copy of Communiqué Comenius North East's ezine (pdf 77 KB). Moving on Up! 3 April 2008, Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne. Come and be inspired by nationally and internationally acclaimed workshop leaders and dance away with lots of exciting practical ideas and resources to enrich your children’s learning! The only conference where you dress casually and wear trainers! The North East survey of languages at 14-19 2007-08 has been published by Comenius North East. It concludes that the decline in uptake has been halted but worrying trends for second MFLs remain.
Download the November copy of Communiqué Comenius North East's ezine (pdf 88 KB). Early Language Learning Regional Support Groups in the North East Dates for your diary for 2007-08! More details will appear on the NACELL website as they become available. ‘Implementing languages entitlement in primary schools: An evaluation of progress in ten Pathfinder LEAs’ (July 2005) is a new OfSTED report. Download it via this link. “You
don’t know at the time how useful they’ll be …”
Implementing MFL entitlement in KS4. This OfSTED report,
commissioned by the DFES and published in June 2005, looks at the
impact of the change from compulsion to entitlement for languages
at KS4. QCA Languages in the 14-19 Curriculum Please note that electronic references to the document Languages in the 14-19 curriculum (published and distributed to all schools by QCA in September 2004), have changed. The new address is www.qca.org.uk/7563.html The Languages Ladder defines competence in a range of linguistic skills for learners of all ages. The exciting new assessment scheme for the Ladder will be available from September 2005. For more information, visit the website of Asset Languages. www.teachandlearn.net - If you're in a school community and are interested in your own professional development, or that of your staff, then TeachandLearn.net may be of interest to you. CILT's National Languages Forum - sign up for regular news updates from CILT, the National Centre for Languages by going to www.cilt.org.uk/discussion.htm ALL Courses for teachers Results of the Languages Trends survey – follow the link for a summary of current patterns of provision and uptake of languages at KS4 in London. Languages and the enterprise agenda: a downloadable document making the link between the new entitlement to Enterprise Education and the languages curriculum, is now available from CILT. E-twinning and establishing links with the schools from all over the world is at the top of the educational agenda. Languages funding announcement DfES announced the spending of £115 million at CILT's Primary Language Show. Look here for more. German Embassy newsletter a great way to keep up with German events. Languages ICT Website this significant new website is launched. Find out about it here. Languages in the news keep up date with this link to CILT's press releases and news watch. |
