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Primary MFL and Language Colleges - Working in partnership
In 2003 CILT launched a project, Early Language Learning and Language Colleges (ELL-LC) that included 70 Language Colleges, each working with its family of schools in order to teach languages successfully to young learners.
There are now over 200 SLCs and their primary partners involved in supporting and extending excellent provision in primary MFL. We held our last annual conference for the ELL-LC project on 12th December 2008. The focus was the crucial area of building training and support networks in order to develop quality and sustainability in Primary Languages. The conference brought together representatives from CILT, teachers in SLCs and primary teachers.
Primary and secondary teachers working in partnership have been able to build on strategies and techniques from the National Literacy Strategy in order to develop pupils' awareness of language and the links that exist between English and other languages. Even very young learners of the foreign language quickly become aware of linguistic patterns and conventions and can be creative and independent in the language.
What does this mean for the Language College? It means that pupils arriving in Year 7 come with enthusiasm and a good grasp of language learning skills. They are used to listening to the foreign language and know the need for good pronunciation and clear speaking. They are happy to work in pairs and groups and are not self-conscious when it comes to role-play and performing in the foreign language. These skills are beneficial to other curriculum areas too!
Project partners have been working in regional clusters in partnership with CILT Language Teaching Advisers and through a dedicated electronic forum, LCnet. Advice for Language Colleges running their own regional event focussing on primary languages is available on the SLC support pages.
If you would like further information about how to get involved in the next phase of this project please email Eriona.Brading@cilt.org.uk
ELL-LC project progress reports
Schools involved in this project can access the ELL-LC reporting form by opening the RTF document below and saving to their own computer/disk. It can then be filled in electronically and sent as an e-mail attachment to Eriona.Brading@cilt.org.uk
Alternatively, print off the form and send it by post to Eriona Brading at CILT, the National Centre for Languages, 3rd Floor, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7HR.
ELL-LC phase 6 progress report form (rtf, 205KB)
SLCs involved in the project were required to submit one report due on 21 May 2008
To showcase current activities, we've selected recent progress reports to highlight the SLC and primary partnership.
- The Earls High: phase 6 progress report (doc, 440KB ). As a high performing Specialist School they have recently been awarded a second Specialism in Modern Languages and an additional specialism as a ‘Leading Edge’ school.
- The Piggott School: phase 6 progress report (doc, 57KB). Year 6 pupils from the Piggott family of schools are all adapting a simple story to demonstrate the LLS they have acquired.
- Cheam High School: phase 6 progress report (doc, 437KB). They have adapted their Year 7 Scheme of Work to take account of the fact that many pupils have learned some French in Primary Schools
- Kennet School: phase 6 progress report (doc, 428KB). They are trying to involve pupils in the primaries as much as possible. Last year and this year the Year 7s went “on tour” with a French Nativity Play, performing in the assemblies of their feeder primary schools.
- Southend High School for Girls: phase 6 progress report (doc, 452KB). This is a joint project between Southend High School for Girls and Southend High School for Boys.
- Gaynes School Language College: phase 6 progress report (doc, 434KB).
Demonstration lessons are delivered throughout the year, in line with their own scheme of work. The scheme is linked closely to the national KS2 Framework for Languages and refers also to the revised QCA schemes, whilst allowing schools to adapt or revise the scheme themselves to suit their own implementation.
Further links
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The National Advisory Centre on Early Language Learning |
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The training zone for KS2 languages |
