North West

GCSE, AS and A2 Study Day: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Thursday 20th November 2014

10:30 - 15:00

Recommended for GCSE, AS and A2 or equivalent level Urdu

£6 per student, 158 places

Doors open to school groups: 10:15

Led by Sheraz Ali, Urdu Lecturer at the University of Manchester

Projector is a collaboration project between Routes into Languages NW and Cornerhouse Manchester. This is a year-round education programme, which uses film, moving image and contemporary art to enrich students’ learning and bring innovation to the classroom. Throughout the year we have a variety of MFL study sessions specially programmed to support GCSE students of French, German, Spanish and Urdu, all led by native language speakers.

Each of our study sessions use film as an exciting and accessible way to encourage students to use their language skills. Students will enjoy a specially selected film, screened in the target language with English subtitles. Sessions are supported by contextualising introductions, which provide information about the themes and characters of the film along with information about the film's director and place within film history and culture. Following the film, students complete language exercises based on the film using their new vocabulary.

Films are selected to complement GCSE specifications and provide excellent material for topic-based work and oral exam preparation.

Students will watch a full screening of the film and this will be followed by a series of Urdu GCSE and AS/A2 level language exercises based on the film's main characters and using the themes of home, family, self respect and cultural diversity. The film is in Hindi (spoken Urdu and Hindi are the same though both languages follow a different writing script). Study session activities will be only in Urdu with Urdu script.

Screening:

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (PG) (You Don’t Get Life A Second Time)

Dir Zoya Akhtar/ India 2011 /

155 mins / In Hindi with English Subtitles Katrina Kaif / Naseeruddin Shah / Hrithik Roshan

Three best friends since school decide to take a long pending vacation to Spain before Kabir gets married to Natasha. The one condition being that each friend has to undertake an adventure sport of his choice. During their road trip, they meet the beautiful Laila (Katrina Kaif), and the three men stand up to their biggest fears, and in the process, rediscover their friendship.

GCSE Study Morning: La Cour de Babel

Tuesday 4th November 2014

10:00 - 13:00

Recommended for GCSE and equivalent level French

£6 per student, 158 places

Doors open to school groups: 09:45

Led by Isabelle Vanderschelden, Head of French at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Projector is a collaboration project between Routes into Languages NW and Cornerhouse Manchester. This is a year-round education programme, which uses film, moving image and contemporary art to enrich students’ learning and bring innovation to the classroom. Throughout the year we have a variety of MFL study sessions specially programmed to support GCSE students of French, German, Spanish and Urdu, all led by native language speakers.

Each of our study sessions use film as an exciting and accessible way to encourage students to use their language skills. Students will enjoy a specially selected film, screened in the target language with English subtitles. Sessions are supported by contextualising introductions, which provide information about the themes and characters of the film along with information about the film's director and place within film history and culture. Following the film, students complete language exercises based on the film using their new vocabulary.

Films are selected to complement GCSE specifications and provide excellent material for topic-based work and oral exam preparation.

This study morning will address the themes of language learning and education in culturally diverse classrooms in France.

Isabelle Vanderschelden will introduce the film in English with some key French phrases and vocabulary. The screening will include English subtitles and will be followed by a series of French language exercises based on the film and its characters.

Screening:

La Cour de Babel (School of Babel) (cert TBC)

Dir Julie Bertuccelli / France 2014 /

89 mins / In French with English Subtitles

For a year, director Julie Bertuccelli followed the life of a class in a Parisian high school, which welcomes non-French speaking students aged between 11 and 15 who have recently arrived in France. The result is a lively and sensitive documentary that introduces 24 students of different nationalities whose aim is to learn to speak French but also to live together, sharing experiences and enriching each other’s lives.

For more information about any of the study sessions, please visit http://www.cornerhouse.org/education/education-programmes/projector-mfl or email routes@mmu.ac.uk

AS/A2 Study Day: Good Bye Lenin!

Tuesday 21st October 2014

10:30 - 15:00

Recommended for AS/ A2 and equivalent level German

£6 per student, 158 places

Doors open to school groups: 10.15am

Led by Maggie Hoffgen, Freelance Film Lecturer

Projector is a collaboration project between Routes into Languages NW and Cornerhouse Manchester. This is a year-round education programme, which uses film, moving image and contemporary art to enrich students’ learning and bring innovation to the classroom. Throughout the year we have a variety of MFL study sessions specially programmed to support GCSE students of French, German, Spanish and Urdu, all led by native language speakers.

Each of our study sessions use film as an exciting and accessible way to encourage students to use their language skills. Students will enjoy a specially selected film, screened in the target language with English subtitles. Sessions are supported by contextualising introductions, which provide information about the themes and characters of the film along with information about the film's director and place within film history and culture. Following the film, students complete language exercises based on the film using their new vocabulary.

Films are selected to complement GCSE specifications and provide excellent material for topic-based work and oral exam preparation.

This interactive study day will explore the story of a family caught up in huge historical events. Discussion will focus on family relationships, the historical context of East and West Germany and the ‘disappearance’ of the GDR. There will be an introduction to the film in German and after the screening, students will be encouraged to reflect on the film and develop their German speaking skills.

Screening:

Good Bye Lenin! (15)

Director Wolfgang Becker / Germany 2003 /

121 mins / In German with English Subtitles

Daniel Brühl / Katrin Saß / Chulpan Khamatova / Maria Simon

The film starts in East Germany before the fall of communism; our hero, Alex (Daniel Brühl), describes how his mother (Katrin Saß), a true believer in the communist cause, has a heart attack when she sees him being clubbed by police at a protest. She falls into a coma for eight months, during which the Berlin Wall comes down. When she awakens, her fragile health must avoid any shocks, so Alex creates an illusive reality around his bedridden mother to convince her that communism is still alive. Good Bye, Lenin! delicately balances wry satire with its rich investment in the lives of Alex, his mother, and other characters around them.

For more information about any of the study sessions, please visit http://www.cornerhouse.org/education/education-programmes/projector-mfl or email routes@mmu.ac.uk

Thursday 6th November 2014

10.00am – 2.30pm

University of Liverpool

The Film and Culture Event (FACE) is open to language students in Years 10 and 11.  It is designed to highlight the benefits of learning languages through a Careers and Languages talk and to show the fun way in which languages can be taught with a Languages and Film session. Other activities will include two language taster sessions to highlight the diverse range of language study options available at a higher level.

The aim of the event is to boost students’ enthusiasm for language learning so that they continue with their languages to A Level and beyond. The event is an excellent opportunity to show language students the variety of languages on offer and a range of fun ways they can learn languages.

Places will be allocated after the closing date of 13th October 2014.

This event has a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.

Funded by Routes into Languages NW.

Wednesday 5th November 2014

10.00am – 2.30pm

Manchester Metropolitan University

The Film and Culture Event (FACE) is open to language students in Years 10 and 11.  It is designed to highlight the benefits of learning languages through a Careers and Languages talk and to show the fun way in which languages can be taught with a Languages and Film session. Other activities will include two language taster sessions to highlight the diverse range of language study options available at a higher level.

The aim of the event is to boost students’ enthusiasm for language learning so that they continue with their languages to A Level and beyond. The event is an excellent opportunity to show language students the variety of languages on offer and a range of fun ways they can learn languages.

Places will be allocated after the closing date of Monday 13th October 2014.

This event has a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.

Funded by Routes into Languages NW.

11th February 2015 - 1.00pm - 4.00pm

Spanish Essay Writing for Film (Pan’s Labyrinth)

The event focuses on a popular film studied by A2 students. The workshop will include the following elements: structuring an essay, arguing and illustrating a point, focusing on characters, themes and director’s style, building a phrase-bank to discuss films, learning film terminology.

This event has a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.

Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW.

This is a repeat of the event held on 26th November 2014

Wednesday 4th February 2015 - 1.00pm - 4.00pm

French Essay Writing for Film (La Haine)

The event focuses on a popular film studied by A2 students. The workshop will include the following elements: structuring an essay, arguing and illustrating a point, focusing on characters, themes and director’s style, building a phrase-bank to discuss films, learning film terminology.

This event has a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.

This is a repeat of the event of 3rd December 2014.

Funded by Routes into Languages NW.

Thursday 11th December 2014, 1.00pm - 4.00pm

French Essay Writing for Film (Au Revoir Les Enfants)

The event will focus on a popular film studied by A2 students. The workshop will include the following elements: structuring an essay, arguing and illustrating a point, focusing on characters, themes and director’s style, building a phrase-bank to discuss films, learning film terminology.

This event has a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.

Funded by Routes into Languages NW.

Wednesday 10th December 2014, 1.00pm - 4.00 pm

Spanish Essay Writing for Film (Almódovar)

Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, Todo sobre mi madre and/or Volver

The event will focus on a popular film studied by A2 students. The workshop will include the following elements: structuring an essay, arguing and illustrating a point, focusing on characters, themes and director’s style, building a phrase-bank to discuss films, learning film terminology.

This event has a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.

Funded by Routes into Languages.

Wednesday 3rd December 2014 - 1.00pm - 4.00 pm

French Essay Writing for Film (La Haine)

The event focuses on a popular film studied by A2 students. The workshop will include the following elements: structuring an essay, arguing and illustrating a point, focusing on characters, themes and director’s style, building a phrase-bank to discuss films, learning film terminology.

This event has a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.

Funded by Routes into Languages NW.