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CPD Programme for 2007-08

May ¦ June ¦ July

The North East survey of languages at 14-19 2007-08
This year's survey has now been published by Comenius North East. Paul Harrison's report concludes that the decline in uptake has been halted but worrying trends for second MFLs remain.

To download the full survey, click here (Word 877 KB)

Pathways into employment: Language learning in the North East
North Tyneside Education Business Partnership, Durham County Council and Comenius North East have produced a simple two-page leaflet to show young people how they can progress their language learning and how this can help them into employment in the North East. To download the leaflet, click here (200 KB pdf)

A survey of languages at 14-19 has been carried out by Comenius North East. It concludes that the decline in students continuing with a MFL at KS4 continues again this year but that the rate of decline slowed last year from 10% to 3%. The report, written by Paul Harrison is available to download (Word 775 KB).

Teachers' TV
Would you like to be a champion for Teachers’ TV in your school? Then apply to become a Teachers’ TV Associate - a great way to find out more about the channel and help your colleagues tune in to see the wide range of programmes on offer. As a Teachers’ TV Associate you will have access to a wealth of extra information, previews and other benefits. The scheme will launch in September 2005, when you can sign up online at www.teachers.tv. If you would like to register your interest in the scheme before then, send an email to info@teachers.tv with the word ‘Associates’ in the subject line, and they will send you further details when the scheme goes live. (Teachers’ TV Associates is open to all school staff and governors in England).

For more information and further transmission times of the Languages programmes, written in consultation with CILT, click here. You can either watch the programmes on the internet or on the following channels:

Freeview 47
Sky 592
Telewest 240
ntl 803
KIT 70

UCLES changes its name
UCLES has changed its name to Cambridge Assessment. The three divisions of UCLES/Cambridge Assessment are OCR, Cambridge ESOL and Cambridge International Examinations.

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.

“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.
www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=pubs.summary&id=3933

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

14-19: Alternative Curriculum Models and Accreditation
Use this handy Comenius London information sheet (Word 65 KB) to look at your options for teaching languages for the 14-19 sector.

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

E-twinning
E-twinning and establishing links with the schools from all over the world is at the
top of the agenda. The following websites will get you started:

comenius.eun.org/ww/en/pub/comenius/index.htm
www.globalgateway.org.uk
www.britishcouncil.org/learning-etwinning.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/worldclass/

CILT Language and Cultural Immersion Courses Abroad
CILT runs a number of language and cultural immersion courses abroad for primary and secondary teachers of French, German, Italian and Spanish. The full course fee may be recoverable through the European Union's Socrates-Comenius 2.2 programme. For further information, click here. For details of CILT courses in London, click here.

Results of the Languages Trends survey
For a summary of current patterns of provision and uptake of languages at KS4 in the North East go to the Languages Trends survey page.

Regional Language Network
As well as the Comenius Network which connects with education providers in the regions, CILT sponsors a parallel network which links with business. The RLN North East Manager, Zélie Guérin, works closely with Margaret Bell, Comenius North East Regional Manager on activities such as Languages Work.

www.languageswork.org.uk/index.htm

Resources
For more links to materials useful for the 14-19 age group go to www.cilt.org.uk/14-19/resources.htm

Languages Box
The Languages Box is a unique body of materials produced by the Subject Centre at Southampton University and a number of Embassies and Cultural Institutes to promote language study in Higher Education. Higher Education staff can be invited to visit your school or college to give a presentation on studying languages in HE and the career opportunities open to MFL graduates using these materials to form the basis of the session.
To find out more, go to:
www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/languagesbox.aspx

700 Reasons for Studying Languages
New research by the UK Subject Centre for Languages has identified more than 700 reasons to study languages. This research will be particularly useful for educators, especially those encouraging students to continue with languages. It concludes that the strongest of these reasons are the personal benefits and enjoyment that people gain from learning a language. Copies of the report are available to order at www.llas.ac.uk/700reasons and are free of charge. The collection of reasons will be available as a searchable database on the above website soon.

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. Whether you are looking to update your subject knowledge, need support for INSET or want the latest educational news, you'll find up-to-date information here.

Publications
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