North West

Our Language Enrichment Events are interactive, exciting events that encourage school children 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 proved to be extremely popular with school children and teachers last year.

Events will include a talk entitled “Why Study Languages,” two taster sessions in a new language (in 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.

To download an application form and provisional timetable please click on the below links. For further information please contact routes@mmu.ac.uk / tel. 0161-247-6290.

The Community and Lesser Taught Languages (COLT) project runs a Training Course for Mandarin Chinese Teachers, in Spring 2010.
These courses include:
• A training day (workshop 1) at the Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University
• An optional visit to a mainstream school to observe MFL teaching in the mainstream sector
• A second training day (workshop 2) at the Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University
• An observation visit by our Teacher Trainers to course participants in their own schools after the second training day
 

Our Mandarin tutors are Amy Wang (MMU) and Feixia Yu (UCLAN).

This is a free course, which will support teachers of these languages and provide additional practical training and guidance in teaching methodology and thus contribute to their Continuing Professional Development. Please note that this course does not constitute a PGCE; however, course participants will be awarded a certificate of attendance, if they complete all four elements of the course. Participants can then register for an MMU award or qualification and the certificate will provide exemption from part of certain courses. This is accreditation of prior learning (APL) and can take place for up to 5 years after the completion of the course. If you register for an award of the university, this course plus an assessment item can give you 20 points of accreditation. Further information about this will be given to course participants in Workshop 1.

If any teachers from your school wish to take part in this free training and are available on the dates of the two workshops outlined above, please complete the attached form and return it to us by Friday 15th January 2010 to secure your places. Please note that we can accept a maximum of four teachers per school. If you would like to book more than four places please contact us to enquire about additional places.

Once we receive your enrolment form, we will email you to confirm your places on the course. A full programme for the course will be sent, along with directions for the first training day, nearer the time.

Please do not hesitate to contact usif you have any questions about this course: routes@mmu.ac.uk

We are currently organising a Teachers’ Symposium and would welcome any teachers who are interested in the community languages of Urdu, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese or Italian. This event will bring together mainstream and supplementary schools, to discuss matters affecting the teaching and learning of community languages.  

The symposium will take place in the Geoffrey Manton Building, in room 228. This building is located on MMU’s All Saints campus . Click for directions on how to get to the campus. 

If you would like to join us for an informal chat about how to raise profile of these languages, then please join us for discussions over coffee and cakes. In order for us to provide sufficient refreshments, please register your interest in this event by emailing us at: routes@mmu.ac.uk

Please note this event if for females only 

The event will celebrate cultural diversity and will include a fashion show, food stalls, henna painting, belly dancing and clothes sales.

Tickets cost £3 and can be bought from:

COLT Office (room 2.12, Mabel Tylecote building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Cavendish Street).

Or from Parrs Wood High school, Wilmslow Road, East Didsbury.

For more information please contact routes@mmu.ac.uk

These events will have a practical focus and aim to support AS and A2 students in their preparation for the A-Level examination. They will include:

• A talk on languages in higher education and career opportunities with languages;
• A language session on a current A-Level topic in the language studied and a taster in another lesser-taught language;
• An examiner’s talk, in which an experienced A-Level examiner will talk about exam techniques and share tips for success.

A-Level students will also have the opportunity to talk to university languages students over lunch and find out more about life at university. 

To download an application form and provisional timetable please click on the below links. For further information please contact routes@mmu.ac.uk / tel. 0161-247-6290.

**Please note change of date from 02/02/09 to 09/02/09** 

In conjunction with Routes into Languages North West consortium, the Italian Section of the Department of Languages at Manchester Metropolitan University is organizing an Italian Day, open to all students who study the language at GCSE or A level, but also to all those who have never studied Italian before (year 10 and above). The day is organized in cooperation with the Italian Consulate, the CDLCI (Centro per la Diffusione della Lingua e Cultura Italiana).

The event will combine language and culture sessions using a range of approaches aimed at targeting different learning styles and a variety of media.  The students will have the chance to learn about Italy and its language in a series of enjoyable, informal sessions led by academics with the cooperation of current and Exchange students.

We expect that the event will book up quickly, so please return the attached booking form by Friday 5th of  December to reserve your places. Places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.  For any enquiries, please contact routes@mmu.ac.uk or call 0161 247-6290.

Please note there will be a charge of £3.00 per student to cover the cost of refreshments and the dossier which will be provided to your students when they register.

 **Please note this event is now FULLY BOOKED**

 The North West University Language Alliance (NWULA) invites you to attend the third “Languages NoW!” event on Wednesday 7th January 2009.

Languages NoW! is designed to encourage year 9 pupils to consider languages when choosing their GCSE options. The day will illustrate the advantages of studying foreign languages, including looking at the personal and professional benefits of language learning. During the event students will attend one seminar entitled “Why Study Languages” and two workshop sessions. The pupils will all get a chance to participate in a language taster to try out a language they have not learnt before. They will also meet with native speakers of the language they are currently learning in school and will have a chance to participate in a question and answer session to practice their language skills.

This event is free of charge and it is anticipated that it will be booked up quickly. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis, so please reserve your places as soon as possible by sending the attached form directly to Liverpool John Moores Univerity. Some schools have already reserved places as they were unable to attend last year’s event in Lancaster, so places will fill up quickly. As space within the university is limited we have to cap the number of students per school at 20. Please refer to the attached booking form for details for applying.

**Event fully booked** 

Our Language Enrichment Events are interactive, exciting events that encourage school children 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 proved to be extremely popular with school children and teachers last year.

Events will include a talk entitled “Why Study Languages,” two taster sessions in a new language (in 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.

To download an application form and provisional timetable please click on the below links. For further information please contact routes@mmu.ac.uk / tel. 0161-247-6290.

These events will have a practical focus and aim to support AS and A2 students in their preparation for the A-Level examination. They will include:

• A talk on languages in higher education and career opportunities with languages;
• A language session on a current A-Level topic in the language studied and a taster in another lesser-taught language;
• An examiner’s talk, in which an experienced A-Level examiner will talk about exam techniques and share tips for success.

A-Level students will also have the opportunity to talk to university languages students over lunch and find out more about life at university. 

To download an application form and provisional timetable please click on the below links. For further information please contact routes@mmu.ac.uk / tel. 0161-247-6290.

These events will have a practical focus and aim to support AS and A2 students in their preparation for the A-Level examination. They will include:

• A talk on languages in higher education and career opportunities with languages;
• A language session on a current A-Level topic in the language studied and a taster in another lesser-taught language;
• An examiner’s talk, in which an experienced A-Level examiner will talk about exam techniques and share tips for success.

A-Level students will also have the opportunity to talk to university languages students over lunch and find out more about life at university.

To download an application form and provisional timetable please click on the below links. For further information please contact routes@mmu.ac.uk / tel. 0161-247-6290.