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Language Enrichment Events

Our experienced language tutors have created a range of lesson plans and materials designed to introduce pupils to a language and culture they have not studied before. These language tasters cover a variety of topics and are available to download, as are a series of cultural quizzes that proved very popular with the pupils.

ARABIC

Arabic: Jobs taster lesson

Arabic: Descriptions taster lesson

Arabic: Food and Drink taster lesson

Arabic Quiz & answer sheet

CHINESE

Mandarin Chinese: Numbers taster lesson

Mandarin Chinese: Parts of the Body taster lesson

Mandarin Chinese: Family taster session

Chinese Quiz & answer sheet

URDU

Urdu: Food and Drink taster lesson

Urdu: Parts of the Body taster lesson

Urdu: Family Members taster session

Urdu Quiz & answer sheet

ITALIAN

Italian: Parts of the Body taster lesson

Italian: Food and Drink taster session

Italian: Hobbies taster session

Italian Quiz & answer sheet

A-Level Days

We have run A Level days for pupils studying community languages. You can download the materials used for both AS and A2 pupils. These sessions were based on the A Level curriculum of these languages.

NEW! Arabic and Urdu Examiner's Talk 2010 (produced by Abbi Mnatzaganian, Senior Edexcel Examiner and Arabic Tutor)

Arabic (produced by Majda Al-Liabi of Manchester Islamic High School for Girls)

AS level materials

A2 level materials

Urdu

NEW AS and A2 Excercises 2010 - produced by Kokab Jameel

Urdu Examiners Talk - produced and delivered by Terry Murray

Urdu worksheets - produced by Uzair Ahmed

Arabic Taster lesson for speakers of Urdu - produced by Mabrouk Masaud

Hebrew Taster lesson for speakers of Urdu - produced by Sophie Garside

Italian

Italian A-level materials

Chinese GCSE/ASSET Day

GCSE/ASSET revision lessons - produced by Lucy Zhang (Salford University)

GCSE/ASSET Examiners talk - produced and delivered by Hua Yan

Cornerhouse Project

With support from Film: 21st Century Literacy and the UK Film Council, this year Cornerhouse in collaboration with Routes into Languages North West (COLT) is offering a new subject strand in COMMUNITY LANGUAGES. Students and teachers of Arabic, Urdu, Mandarin and Italian can enjoy a fantastic series of FREE cinema-based study sessions and Creative Workshops, using film and digital technology to develop and promote the study of community and lesser taught languages.

To download study packs, please visit http://www.cornerhouse.org/education/projector/commlang.aspx

As part of the Projector Cornerhouse Project, a Teacher's Toolkit was produced on "Using Film to Teach Languages" . Please click here to download it from the Cornerhouse website.

You can also find 5 short films created during the Creative Workshops as part of the Projector project: Projector Community Languages Animations.

Teacher Training Presentations

As part of the COLT Project, we run Autumn and Spring Teacher Training Courses in Arabic, Mandarin Chinese and Urdu. We also run a Summer Top Up Workshop for those who have completed the course.

The Teacher Training course run by COLT involves:
• A training workshop
• A visit to a mainstream school
• A second training workshop
• An observation visit by the Trainers of the teachers

Please find the material used for the courses by clicking on the links below.

Arabic

Assessment Session, produced by Majda Al-Liabi

Assessment Session, produced by Nadia Abdelaal

Workshop 1: Lesson Plan and Observation Task, produced by Majda Al-Liabi

Workshop 2: Feedback on Observation and Teaching Approaches, produced by Majda Al-Liabi

Workshop 2: Homework as part of the Assessment, produced by Yosra Aqil

Approach to Dialogue and Teaching through Activities, produced by Majda Al-Liabi

Mandarin Chinese

Workshop 1: Aims and Objectives

Workshop 2: Learning Outcomes

Urdu