Secondary CPD Programme
Go to our CPD pages for more details or contact Amy Allen on 01902 518 969 for events in Wolverhampton.
Contact Alexandra Yannacopoulou on 0121 303 8106 for events anywhere else.
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Secondary Subject Leaders’ Conference
New secondary curriculum, new exam syllabuses, new diplomas and pathways, new intakes with increasing languages knowledge and experiences……… Plenty of challenges, and plenty of opportunities.
This conference will share some of the good practice going on in the Region, and consider a number of potential opportunities which will support us in improving practice, enhancing learning, and raising the profile of languages in our schools. An update briefing of the languages scene will be followed by workshop options, including linking with other subjects (e.g. sport, art), exploiting story, producing digital animations to support languages teaching and engage learners.
Contact Alexandra Yannacopoulou on 0121 303 8106 or download the application form (Word 589 KB) and workshop abstracts (Word 201 KB). |
Martineau Centre, Birmingham |
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Secondary Network Meeting
This is one of Comenius West Midlands' regular sessions. Topics will include:
updates on the
New Diplomas, Developments post-14, progress with the new secondary curriculum and working with a changing Year 7.
Contact Alexandra Yannacopoulou on 0121 303 8106 or download the application form (Word 601 KB). |
Martineau Centre, Birmingham |
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Secondary Network Meeting
This is one of Comenius West Midlands' regular sessions. Topics will include:
updates on the
New Diplomas, Developments post-14, progress with the new secondary curriculum and working with a changing Year 7.
Contact Alexandra Yannacopoulou on 0121 303 8106 or download the application form (Word 601 KB). |
Barry beacon College, Walsall |
Go to our CPD pages for more details or contact Anita Ojela on 01902 518 969 for events in Wolverhampton.
Contact Alexandra Yannacopoulou on 0121 303 8106 for events anywhere else.
Montanalingua: a project to promote
language learning as an outdoor adventure
A new project funded by the European Union LINGUA programme seeks
to take languages out of the classroom and teach learners in the
great outdoors. The aim of Montanalingua is to motivate young students
(aged 10-17) to discover one of the target languages English, French,
German and Swedish by combining foreign language-learning with open-air
games, problem solving, adventure tasks and outdoor learning. The
project will disseminate its products to secondary schools, language
institutes, centres for adventure education and youth hostels. The
project is currently looking for schools to test its modules with
class groups. All schools who cooperate would receive complimentary
copies of the final materials when published.
For more information contact: info@montanalingua.com
Project website: www.montanalingua.com
ICT in the MFL classroom video clips now online
A number of video clips from MFL classrooms are now available
via the web: www.teachernet.gov.uk/supportpack/casestudy.aspx?t=2&s=11
They focus on the use of ICT in the MFL classroom and are part
of the 'new' Practical Support Pack.
They form part of a free online CPD resource for KS3 teachers in
the use of ICT. CILT worked with 3T Productions on many elements
of this DfES-funded course when the product was made available commercially
and called Indigo three years ago.
ICT Register
The ICT Register is an online database of schools willing to share
their ICT
experiences. The Register is run by the Specialist Schools and Academies
Trust and it can put you in touch with other schools who may already
have
achieved what you are hoping to bring about with ICT. The Register
is a
searchable database and is useful for getting ideas to move on to
the next
stage in embedding ICT.You can browse the website to choose from
a range of advice, training and peer-to-peer demonstration including:
learning and teaching with ICT, strategic ICT development, technical
infrastructure and internationalism
with ICT. The ICT Register can be accessed at www.ict-register.net.
The European Award for Languages
CILT's annual campaign to find the UK's top language projects has
begun. The European Award for Languages is a Europe-wide initiative
which recognises projects demonstrating an innovative, effective
and replicable approach to learning languages. Applications are
invited from schools, colleges, business and other institutions.
For more details see www.cilt.org.uk/eal,
the deadline for applications is Thursday 13 April 2006.
New Resource for Languages at KS4
ALL and CILT have produced a new publication relating to languages
at KS4:
Making the case for languages at Key Stage 4 (New Pathfinder 5)
by Linda
Parker and Teresa Tinsley. This book provides a toolkit of practical
suggestions, persuasive arguments and advice on how to make a convincing
case for languages to Headteachers, Governors, parents, the local
community, other teachers within the school and to the pupils themselves.
Available from Central Books Ltd, priced £10 www.centralbooks.com
KS4 Entitlement Announcement
An announcement made by Schools Minister, Jacqui Smith, just before
Christmas clarified the requirements of secondary schools to provide
a statutory entitlement to learn foreign languages in Key Stage
4. Schools will be required to set targets of no fewer than
50% of pupils taking languages to GCSE or similar from September
2006. For further details, go to: www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2005_0159
2005 Language Trends Key Stage 4: West Midlands summary
The Language Trends KS4 survey has been carried out annually
over the past 3 years, by CILT, the National Centre for Languages
and ALL, the Association for Language Learning, to explore the situation
in schools for languages at KS4. This summary presents the results
for London, 107 maintained schools in London responded to the survey.
Click
here (Word 109 KB) to read the summary.
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.
The Languages Ladder
The Languages Ladder defines competence
in a range of linguistic skills for learners of all ages. Following
a successful initial pilot, in 2005/06 Asset Languages qualifications
are now available nationally in Mandarin Chinese, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Panjabi, Spanish and Urdu.To find out more, take
a look at the Asset Languages website: www.assetlanguages.org.uk.
International Dimension Pack
The British Council has produced a pack for schools on
the ‘International dimension’, which contains support
materials for curriculum development, linking, CPD and languages.
Packs are currently being sent to all Local Authorities, but if
you’d like to receive an individual copy for your school,
you can request one by emailing josephine.power@britishcouncil.org
“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, l14 November, 2008
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
E-mail discussion lists. CILT has set up a number
of e-mail discussion lists designed to enable language teaching
professionals to exchange ideas, discuss issues, share resources
etc. There is no charge to join the discussion lists. They are open
to anyone who is interested and everyone is welcome to join. Click
here for further details.
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/
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. Go to www.cilt.org.uk/14-19/case.htm
Results of the Languages Trends survey
For a summary of current patterns of provision and uptake
of languages at KS4 in the West Midlands 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
West Midlands Manager, Chris Everall works closely with Rona Heald, Comenius West Midlands 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. |
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