Sample schemes of work and matching materials have been developed by CILT in partnership with Language Networks for Excellence (LnfE) and International Business Communication (IBC) for all of the first ten Diplomas. The first five Diplomas (Construction and the Built Environment, ICT, Creative and Media, Engineering and Society Health and Development) have already been on offer in schools and colleges around the country since September 2008. The next five (Manufacturing and Product Design, Hospitality, Business Administration and Finance, Environmental and Landbased and Hair and Beauty) have been taught since September 2009. 

These Schemes of Work have been developed to give tutors an idea of how a language element could be included within the additional/specialist learning section of one of the new Diplomas. They are short programmes of study which can be used with any language qualification which can be taught within the additional/specialist component of a Diploma. The schemes of work explain clearly the rationale and how to use the materials with students.

The schemes of work and materials are located on CILT’s Vocational Languages Resource Bank and can be located by selecting the links below.

1. German for Diploma in Construction and Built Environment, scheme of work and matching materials (LnfE).

2. French for Diploma in Construction and Built Environment, scheme of work and matching materials linked specifically to NVQ language units (IBC)

3. Spanish for Diploma in ICT , scheme of work and matching materials. (LnfE)

4. French for Diploma in Creative and Media, scheme of work and matching materials. (LnfE)

5. Chinese for Diploma in Engineering, scheme of work and matching materials. (LnfE)

6. Panjabi for Diploma in Society, Health and Development Diploma, scheme of work and matching materials. (LnfE)

7. Spanish for Diploma in Hospitality, scheme of work and matching materials (LnfE)

8. French for Business Administration and Finance, scheme of work and matching materials (LnfE)

9. Chinese for Manufacturing and Product Design, scheme of work and matching materials (LnfE)  

10. German for Environmental and Land-based, scheme of work and matching materials (LnfE)

11. Polish for Hair and Beauty, scheme of work and matching materials (LnfE)

Schemes of Work for Public Services, Sport and Active Leisure, Retail Business and Travel and Tourism will be added this academic year in time for teaching of the phase three Diplomas in 2010.

Click here (doc 61KB) for an overview of the Schemes of Work numbers 1 and 3-9.

CILT has also put together a document with links to resources available online which can be used for teaching languages in the Additional and Specialist Learning component of the diploma lines. Download the list of resources (doc 66KB).