Routes e-bulletin - July 2008
Dear language enthusiast! Summer’s here at last! With the summer holidays almost upon us, many consortia are looking forward to a well earned August break before the new school year gets under way....
Themed Family Language Suppers Get Underway
Children from schools in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire attended two internationally themed family language suppers at the end of the summer term. The suppers were held at Nottingham Trent...
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LAFTAs - the People's Vote
The Language and Film Talent Awards (LAFTAs) is a competition for 13-21 year olds, run by CILT, the National Centre for Languages. Over the course of the competition, CILT asked young people to send...
Routes ebulletin - June 2008
Dear language enthusiast! Welcome to the first Routes into Languages e-bulletin, designed to keep you up to date with the latest news, events and developments at Routes. Despite the rainy weather...
Warwickshire Language Days
Student volunteers from the University of Warwick worked with Arden School in Solihull to organise two language days on the University campus, on 6th and 20th February. These days involved about 25...
Languages Tutors
Language Tutors are student volunteers who visit a school once a week, to help classroom teachers to deliver language classes or after-school clubs. The Language Tutors might be studying languages at...
Jour de la Francophonie
Around 60 Year 8 pupils visited Aston University on 15th May to discover the French speaking nations of the world. University staff and language assistants ran lively workshops on their native...
Staffordshire Pupils Get a Taste of Languages
Keele University, in conjunction with the Staffordshire Languages Group, organised a two-phase awareness-raising event. The first phase of our event at Keele University consisted in an informal...
North West Consortium Launch - Thursday 8th May 2008
The North West Consortium was successfully launched on Thursday 8th May 2008. The launch was opened by Professor John Brooks, Vice-Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, and was followed...
Want to tour in Europe with a band?
Are you aged 17 - 21? Love music? Learning a language at school, college or university? Available summer 2008? TV production company Shine Limited are looking for enthusiastic young...
Newsletter Spring 2008
To view the first Routes into Languages South West newsletter click below.
Birmingham Pupils Say “Ni hao” and “Konnichiwa”
40 keen Y9 pupils from schools across the West Midlands spent three days of their Easter Holidays attending an intensive course in Mandarin Chinese and Japanese at the University of Birmingham. Part...
Routes into Languages on the radio!
On Monday 4th February 2008 members of the Routes into Languages programme went on air to discuss the shortage of interpreters with Libby Purves on Radio 4's The Learning Curve. Heather McGuinness...
Mapping Progression
Language Networks for Excellence, previously the Black Country Pathfinder, is part of the West Midlands Consortium for Routes into Languages and is focusing on the mapping of progression routes into...
Celebrating China
On Friday 8th February, 85 youngsters from 5 West Midlands schools celebrated the start of the Chinese New Year with Aston University’s first Routes into Languages cultural day. The event was part...
The National Network for Interpreting website is now live
Please visit the National Network for Interpreting website for more information on the aims of the project, the programme of events, as well as multimedia materials and interactive exercises...
Routes North East launches into action
For a report on the Routes into Languages North East regional launch go to: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/index.html?ref=1199812005
West Midlands Consortium Launch
Off to a Flying Start Friday 30th November 2007 Local primary and secondary school pupils celebrated their success at the West Midlands Routes into Languages launch at Birmingham Airport on 30th...
