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Introduction
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Recent news
Digital Video project update CILT is delighted to announce the publication of New Pathfinder 6 – Lights, camera, action! Digital video in the languages classroom by Ruth Bailey and Claire Dugard. It examines how MFL teachers can exploit digital video technology to enrich their own teaching and resources, as well as inspire pupils to explore language in different contexts and to create their own films. Find out more about a digital video project which involved Language Colleges, Digital Video in the MFL Classroom. |
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Cross-curricular links
A Norfolk and Shanghai partnership
In July 2007, four teachers from Shanghai visited Norfolk. Two of these teachers spent the last week of term with our cluster: Neatherd High School, Fred Nicholson Special School and Scarning Primary School. During these four days Cheng Tingting and Sun Li observed and taught lessons in all three schools and ran a workshop for the staff after school one day. The workshop was well attended by teachers from all three schools. They learnt various arts and crafts which are typical and traditional in China. Read more
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Introduction
From September 2007, there are 223 Specialist Language Colleges; 15
combined and 71 with second specialism languages, a total of 309
Language Colleges. The target is to achieve 400
by 2010. Language Colleges raise standards of achievement and the quality of
teaching and learning in languages for all pupils, using this as
a catalyst for whole school improvement. SLCs are expected to develop
a visible Language College character that is understood by pupils,
parents and the community. They are outward looking schools which
prepare students to be global citizens.
The mission statement for Language Colleges is:
"Language Colleges will raise the standards of achievement in modern foreign languages for all their students across the ability range. They will be active learners in a learning society with their local families of schools and their communities, sharing resources and developing and sharing good practice. Language Colleges will promote an educational culture which is international, technological and vocational. They will raise the Post-16 participation rate in modern foreign languages, and provide young people with the skills needed to progress into employment, further training or higher education according to their individual abilities, aptitudes and ambitions.”
