North West

URDU GCSE Study Session
Baghban PG
Wed 2 March 2011, 10.30 – 15.00
 

Recommended for GCSE and equivalent level Urdu
 

£6 per student, 158 places
 

Screening: Baghban PG
Director: Ravi Chopra, India, 2003, 182 mins.
Urdu/Hindi with English subtitles
 

An elderly couple’s wish is for their four sons’ care for them in old age. However, the sons have their own lives to lead, they have settled down professionally, are independent and do not want to be burdened with the responsibility of taking care of their parents. Do the son’s learn the folly of their ways and turn over a new leaf?

Led by Samina Butt, Secondary School Urdu Teacher, Haywood Engineering College, Stoke-on-Trent.

ARABIC GCSE Study Session
Messages From Paradise (cert TBC)
Sat 5 February 2011, 10.00 – 13.00

Recommended for GCSE and equivalent level Arabic

£5 per student, 158 places

Screening: From Aleppo to Hollywood (cert TBC)
Director: Mohammed Belhaj, Qatar, 2009, 75 mins
In Arabic with English subtitles and English with Arabic subtitles

From Aleppo to Hollywood is a documentary made by the Al Jazeera news network TV channel focusing on the life of the world famous film producer and director Moustapha al-Akkad. Most famous for his Halloween horror film series this documentary charts the director's life from a young boy growing up in Aleppo to his journey to Hollywood and focuses on the 1976 film The Message, about the prophet Mohammad.
 

Led by Dr. Muntasir Al-Hamad, Lecturer of Arabic, Manchester Metropolitan University and Mohamad Aljarrah, Language Tutor, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Links into Languages, in partnership with the Routes into Languages COLT project, present a Day Conference for community languages teachers on Wednesday 24th November, 09.30am ‑ 3.30pm.

Registration is via the Links North West website: £75 for teachers in full time employment, £20 for colleagues from supplementary schools or non‑mainstream settings.

Producers of resources for community languages are invited to exhibit.
 

MANDARIN GCSE Study Session
Springtime in a Small Town PG
Sat 20 November 2010, 10.00 – 13.00
 

Recommended for GCSE and equivalent level Mandarin students

£5 per student, 158 places available.
 

Springtime in a Small Town PG
Xiao Cheng Zhi Chun
Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang, China, 2003, 116 mins.
In Mandarin with English subtitles
 

Springtime in a Small Town is a romantic tale of unfulfilled love set at the end of China’s war against Japan. Dr. Zhang Zhichen (Xin Baiqing) returns to his hometown to visit an old family friend, Dai Liyan (Wu Jun), who is unwell and is now married to the doctor’s childhood sweetheart. Tension rises as the former sweethearts rediscover their feelings for each other.

Springtime in a Small Town is a remake of Fei Mu’s classic Spring in a Small Town made in 1948.

Led by Qi Zhang, Chinese Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University and Dr Robert Hamilton, Senior Lecturer Film and Media studies, Manchester Metropolitan University

Our Language Enrichment Events are interactive, exciting events that encourage pupils to continue with their language studies at school and to think about the advantages of learning a new language or gaining a qualification in a language they may speak at home. These events have proved extremely popular with pupils and language teachers over the past two years.

The MMU Language Enrichment Event will include a talk entitled “Why Study Languages?”, two taster sessions in a new language (Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Urdu or Italian) and a multi-cultural market where pupils will learn more about different cultures. Student ambassadors from our partner institutions will talk to pupils about life at university and the advantages of studying a foreign language.

The events are open to any year 8 or 9 pupils who have not yet chosen to study languages at GCSE, from schools where languages are not compulsory. We are trying to achieve as much impact as possible so would suggest that you bring pupils who are less interested in languages, so that we can do our very best to change their minds!
 

Our Language Enrichment Events are interactive, exciting events that encourage pupils to continue with their language studies at school and to think about the advantages of learning a new language or gaining a qualification in a language they may speak at home. These events have proved extremely popular with pupils and language teachers over the past two years.

The MMU Language Enrichment Event will include a talk entitled “Why Study Languages?”, two taster sessions in a new language (Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Urdu or Italian) and a multi-cultural market where pupils will learn more about different cultures. Student ambassadors from our partner institutions will talk to pupils about life at university and the advantages of studying a foreign language.

The events are open to any year 8 or 9 pupils who have not yet chosen to study languages at GCSE, from schools where languages are not compulsory. We are trying to achieve as much impact as possible so would suggest that you bring pupils who are less interested in languages, so that we can do our very best to change their minds!
 

Our Language Enrichment Events are interactive, exciting events that encourage pupils to continue with their language studies at school and to think about the advantages of learning a new language or gaining a qualification in a language they may speak at home. These events have proved extremely popular with pupils and language teachers over the past two years.

The UCLAN Language Enrichment Event will include a talk entitled “Why Study Languages?”, two taster sessions in a new language (Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Urdu or Italian) and a multi-cultural market where pupils will learn more about different cultures. Student ambassadors from our partner institutions will talk to pupils about life at university and the advantages of studying a foreign language.

The events are open to any year 8 or 9 pupils who have not yet chosen to study languages at GCSE, from schools where languages are not compulsory. We are trying to achieve as much impact as possible so would suggest that you bring pupils who are less interested in languages, so that we can do our very best to change their minds!
 

Our Language Enrichment Events are interactive, exciting events that encourage pupils to continue with their language studies at school and to think about the advantages of learning a new language or gaining a qualification in a language they may speak at home. These events have proved extremely popular with pupils and language teachers over the past two years.

The MMU Language Enrichment Event will include a talk entitled “Why Study Languages?”, two taster sessions in a new language (Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Urdu or Italian) and a multi-cultural market where pupils will learn more about different cultures. Student ambassadors from our partner institutions will talk to pupils about life at university and the advantages of studying a foreign language.

The events are open to any year 8 or 9 pupils who have not yet chosen to study languages at GCSE, from schools where languages are not compulsory. We are trying to achieve as much impact as possible so would suggest that you bring pupils who are less interested in languages, so that we can do our very best to change their minds!

Following the success of the Summer 2010 Cockermouth Event, Cockermouth School will be hosting another Language Enrichment Event for local Cumbrian schools in their excellent Eco Centre.

Routes into Languages are coordinating this, to provide two Taster Sessions as well as two Cultural Workshops, in the COLT Languages of Arabic/Urdu/Chinese/Italian. There will also be a talk provided on "Why Study Languages?", discussing the importance of Languages in Careers and everyday life.

The impact of this event will be measured by a pre and post event questionnaire, to evaluate the success of the day. The Summer event proved extremely successful, with 98% saying that they would choose a Language at GCSE.

The Multilingual Manchester archive contains reports on multilingual practices in schools, businesses, local services, neighbourhoods, and families in the Manchester area. The reports have been compiled by students of the Linguistics & English Language programme at the University of Manchester.

The archive is accessible to all and provides a unique source of information on multilingual practices in an urban environment that has been shaped by immigrants for many generations. As more contributions are added every year, it is anticipated that the archive will become a valuable resource that will inform language policy at local level. It will also be used as an important information source for researchers and local authorities across the world who are seeking answers to questions related to multiculturalism and community cohesion.

The event will also mark the launch of the Multilingual Manchester initiative ‑‑ a cluster of activities combining research, consultancy, training and community outreach work. It will feature presentations by staff, students, and guests, and will be followed by a wine reception.
 

The laucnh will take place from 4-5pm and will be held in the main lecture theatre of the Samuel Alexander Building.