North West

The ever popular Language Enrichment Events are back for summer 2013. Aimed at year 8 pupils, the events are designed to motivate language learners and encourage them to carry on with their languages to GCSE level. Our research shows that the events improve uptake at GCSE by 24%.

The events use language tasters and cultural activities in less widely taught languages to encourage the learning of languages generally.

Cost per pupil: £4 / Free for Widening Participation (WP) schools. 

The events are only open to schools where languages are not compulsory.  Priority will be given to schools who have not attended a LEE in previous years.

The ever popular Language Enrichment Events are back for summer 2013. Aimed at year 8 pupils, the events are designed to motivate language learners and encourage them to carry on with their languages to GCSE level. Our research shows that the events improve uptake at GCSE by 24%.

The events use language tasters and cultural activities in less widely taught languages to encourage the learning of languages generally.

Cost per pupil: £4 / Free for Widening Participation (WP) schools. 

The events are only open to schools where languages are not compulsory.  Priority will be given to schools who have not attended a LEE in previous years.

Wednesday 3rd July 2013 - The Business School, All Saints Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University

Due to the increasing importance of visual and media images, films and television have a great potential in the language classroom. Visual imagery is highly motivating and can be exploited successfully to improve the exploration of curriculum content and stimulate the development of oral and written communications skills in the foreign language. This INSET will offer basic training in visual literacy through the medium of short films, showing how these can be a useful tool to enhance language learning. Teachers will learn how to read films using textual analysis and other approaches, and will be introduced to a selection of foreign-language short films. This INSET will present a variety of strategies for using film successfully in language teaching at KS3, GCSE and A Level.

A resource pack will be included. The INSET is aimed at teachers of French, German, Italian and Mandarin, Spanish and Urdu and will offer specific sessions for each of these languages.

Cost: FREE

Closing date for bookings is noon on Friday 14th June. 

To book, please complete and return the attached booking form. 

The Film and Culture Event for Languages (FACE) Day is open to language students in Years 10-11 and will be hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University. It is designed to highlight the benefits of learning languages through a Careers and Languages talk, and the fun way in which languages can be taught, with a Languages and Film session. Activities will also include a language taster, to show how languages can be taught at university and highlighting the diverse range of language study options available at a higher level.

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

This event has a small charge and we are asking for a nominal fee of £4 per pupil to cover some of the costs and is free for WP schools.

To book: please complete and return the attached booking form.

This event is a repeat of Monday 4th Feb, Thursday 14th February, Monday 4th March 2013 and Tuesday 30th April. 

The Film and Culture Event for Languages (FACE) Day is open to language students in Years 10-11 and will be hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University. It is designed to highlight the benefits of learning languages through a Careers and Languages talk, and the fun way in which languages can be taught, with a Languages and Film session. Activities will also include a language taster, to show how languages can be taught at university and highlighting the diverse range of language study options available at a higher level.

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

This event has a small charge and we are asking for a nominal fee of £4 per pupil to cover some of the costs and is free for WP schools. 

To book: please complete and return the attached booking form.

This event is a repeat of Monday, 4th Feb, Thursday, 14th February and Monday, 4th March 2013.

The ever popular Language Enrichment Events are back for winter 2012-2013. Aimed at year 8 pupils, the events are designed to motivate language learners and encourage them to carry on with their languages to GCSE level. Our research shows that the events improve uptake at GCSE by 24%.

The events use language tasters and cultural activities in less widely taught languages to encourage the learning of languages generally.

Please note there is a small fee of £4 per pupil to attend and is free to WP schools. 

The events are only open to schools where languages are not compulsory. Priority will be given to schools who have not attended a LEE in previous years.

Monday, 4th March 2013: Spanish with Carmen Herrero

1.30-4.30 pm

£4 per student with free places for accompanying teachers

Film: Volver

These half-day events are offered in French, Spanish, German and Italian, and 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 workshop is for both people new to creating online learning materials and for more experienced developers. It will involve consideration of what makes effective online learning materials, and will introduce an easy-to-use, free tool for creating your own online learning activities, the LOC tool (Learning Object Creator). This tool was designed by teachers, for teachers and has built-in advice and guidance. The tool is used by teachers of different languages, and other subjects, across the UK. The workshop will include discussion about good teaching practice with technology, and hands-on practice using the LOC tool to create a learning activity. At the close of the session, participants will be shown how to publish their work on the web through the LOC website or through a website called ‘The LanguageBox.’

Mother Tongue Other Tongue FREE CPD Event – 12th Feb, from 4.30-6.30pm We are holding a free CPD event at Manchester Metropolitan University for interested teachers and organisations.  This event will explain more about the project and supporting resources.

Mother Tongue Other Tongue Poetry Competition

After the huge success of our pilot Mother Tongue Other Tongue poetry competition last year, we are launching the competition nationally this year. Mother Tongue Other Tongue is a multi-lingual poetry project intended to celebrate cultural diversity and the many languages currently spoken by young people across the United Kingdom. 

The project is supported by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, and further details can be found at www.mtot.org.uk

Winners of the school-wide Spelling Bee competitions for Year 7 will join us for the Regional Spelling Bee Final on Wednesday, 20th March 2013.

The competition will be held at Manchester Metropolitan University and will see the region's top spellers in French, German and Spanish competing for a place in the National Final, which will be held at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge on Friday 5th July 2013.

Winners will be presented with trophies, with certificates for the runners up.