North West

The GCSE Days can accommodate up to 200 year 10 and 11 students from local schools. They are designed to assist them with improving their oral skills in French and German. The programme also includes a taster session in one of either Arabic, Chinese or Portuguese.

For more details, please contact Deborah Lumb at the University of Salford: d.lumb@salford.ac.uk

The GCSE Days can accommodate up to 200 year 10 and 11 students from local schools. They are designed to assist them with improving their oral skills in French, German, Spanish and Italian, but the programme also includes a taster session in one of either Arabic, Chinese or Portuguese.

For more information, please contact Gareth Pettit at the University of Salford: gareth.pettit@salford.ac.uk

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.
Events will be held at all five partner institutions and 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. Lunch is also included.
The events are open to any year 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!
These events are free of charge and we expect that they will book up quickly, so please return the enclosed booking form as soon as possible to reserve your places, indicating the event that your school would like to attend. Places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Priority will be given to those schools who have not yet been to a LEE in the first two years of the project, so that we can reach as many schools as possible. Due to limitations on space the maximum number of pupils per school is 25.

Please fill in a Booking Form and return as soon as possible to routes@mmu.ac.uk
 

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.
Events will be held at all five partner institutions and 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. Lunch is also included.
The events are open to any year 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!
These events are free of charge and we expect that they will book up quickly, so please return the enclosed booking form as soon as possible to reserve your places, indicating the event that your school would like to attend. Places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Priority will be given to those schools who have not yet been to a LEE in the first two years of the project, so that we can reach as many schools as possible. Due to limitations on space the maximum number of pupils per school is 25.

Please fill in a Booking Form and return as soon as possible to routes@mmu.ac.uk

This event is a scheme to encourage increased uptake of Languages at Key Stage 4 level. The event incorporates interactive e-learning exercises with real life conversation practice, and encourages engagement with European culture.

This event is for Year 9s attending schools and colleges within easy travel distance of the University. Priority will be given to those schools with low take up at KS4.

For more details, please contact Charles Pybus at the University of Manchester: charles.pybus@manchester.ac.uk

Routes into Languages North West is delighted to invite you to attend Hurried Steps by Dacia Maraini. Dacia is a celebrated author and playwright and will be coming to MMU to attend the performance of her latest play and to participate in a debate afterwards on the theme of violence against women. Hurried Steps is a powerful 60 minute performance, where eight women’s stories are brought to life.

We would like to offer your pupils the opportunity of engaging fully with this event by inviting them to consider a question, or set of questions, that can be asked the author during the course of the debate. If you wish, the questions can be asked in Italian.

The event will take place on Wednesday 2nd December 2009 and is free of charge. The performance begins at 6pm, with the discussion panel taking place at 7pm. The event will take place in the Manchester Lecture Theatre, All Saints Building, Manchester Metropolitan University.

For more information about the event, please visit:
http://newshoestheatre.org.uk/Hurried%20Steps.html

More information about Dacia Maraini can be found at: http://newshoestheatre.org.uk/Dacia%20Maraini.html
 

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.
Events will be held at all five partner institutions and 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. Lunch is also included.
The events are open to any year 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!
These events are free of charge and we expect that they will book up quickly, so please return the enclosed booking form as soon as possible to reserve your places, indicating the event that your school would like to attend. Places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Priority will be given to those schools who have not yet been to a LEE in the first two years of the project, so that we can reach as many schools as possible. Due to limitations on space the maximum number of pupils per school is 25.

Please fill in a Booking Form and return as soon as possible to routes@mmu.ac.uk.

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.
Events will be held at all five partner institutions and 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. Lunch is also included.
The events are open to any year 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!
 

Please complete a Booking Form and return it as soon as possible to routes@mmu.ac.uk.

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.
Events will be held at all five partner institutions and 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. Lunch is also included.
The events are open to any year 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!
 

Please complete a Booking Form and return it as soon as possible to routes@mmu.ac.uk.

Routes into Languages North West

Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 November 2009
Venue tbc

The conference is aimed at:

• Community Languages policy makers and language planners
• Complementary/supplementary and mainstream school teachers and headteachers
• Researchers and doctoral students

Aims of the conference:

• to promote the North West Consortium
• to develop links and opportunities for involvement in the project
• information dissemination, discussion and sharing good practice.

Themes of the Conference:

The first day of the conference will concentrate on Community Languages Promotion and Status raising and the second day will focus on Teaching and Learning.

Speakers:

• Opening talk: Doctor Sharon Handley-Belkacemi, Routes into Languages NW consortium Director and Head of the Language Department at Manchester Metropolitan University
• Plenary speaker: Professor Itesh Sachdev from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
• Closing Speaker: Professor Richard Towell, University of Salford, Chair of the Advisory Board of the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies.  

Click here to view the Conference Programme.

Key Dates:

• Abstracts to be received by Tuesday 15 September 2009
• Notification of acceptance: Thursday 15 October 2009
• Registration closing date: Wednesday 28 October 2009

Registration

The price of the conference is £75 for both days and £50 for one day. The price includes all refreshments including an evening meal but not accommodation.

We offer bursaries for teachers within the supplementary school sector and students. Please contact us for details: routes@mmu.ac.uk

Documents for downloading:

Please download and complete the following documents as applicable

Call for papers
Abstract template
Presenter’s details

Registration Form

Abstracts Booklet

Conference Programme

Where to send the documents?:

Registration forms should be sent to:

Email: routes@mmu.ac.uk
Or
Post: Routes into Languages – COLT conference;Manchester Metropolitan University; Mabel Tylecote Building
Cavendish Street; Manchester M15 6BG

Abstract forms and presenter’s details forms should be sent to:

s.bullo-alos@mmu.ac.uk

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