London Consortium news
Musicians encourage Young People to take part in the Language Factor Song Competition
Date: 1st February 2012
Gold selling award winning rapper, Wretch 32 and Cleo Sol, described by MTV as "one of the most promising rising stars on the UK scene right now", have recorded messages encouraging young Londoners to take part in Capital L - London Routes into Languages' Language Factor Song competition.
Wretch said if he was between 13 and 19 years old he would have entered the competition himself and that it is good to be challenged.
The Language Factor Song Competition
Date: 26th January 2012
As part of this competition, young people should submit a DVD of themselves performing a song in any language other than English. Songs will then be shortlisted for a performance on the opening day of the London 2012 Festival, 21 June 2012.
There will be 2 competing categories according to age:
a.14 – 16 years old
b.17 – 19 years old
Arsenal Double Club Olympic Song Competition
Date: 9th September 2011
Pop stardom, languages and sport with Arsenal FC!
Do you want to enthuse your pupils for the Olympics and get creative with languages and music?
Arsenal Double Club is looking for secondary schools to help create the lyrics for a new, multi-lingual song on the topic of ‘Together in the Language of Sport’.
For further details, please see this poster
Capital L - Routes into languages Year 3 Conference
Date: 23rd November 2010
Capital L – the London Consortium of Routes into Languages held a major event to celebrate and disseminate its achievements at the UBS conference centre in Central London. David Willets, Minister for Universities and Science spoke about the value of language learning and signalled the Government’s commitment to a distinctive level of support for modern languages.
'The Real World of Languages' DVD
Date: 16th November 2009
We are delighted to announce that our 'The Real World of Languages' DVD is now ready.
