Students will be offered 5 workshops including Routes into Languages, Dragons' Den activity and a European Business workshop.
The date is to be confirmed.
The European Day of Languages will be held for Sixth Form pupils from Cornwall and Devon schools. Among other events of the day there will be a talk by local businessman Chris Mahn, Director of Ed Fagan (Europe) Inc. about multi-cultural awareness and language skills in the workplace.
The University of Bath is proposing to run a three-day intensive course on 1-3 July for Year 11 students who are intending to start an AS course in September 2009, the aim being to ease the transition from GCSE to AS and A level work. The course will be based on communicative grammar and an introduction to the sorts of topics they will be dealing with in their post 16 courses. The course will be offered in French and possibly in Spanish, subject to demand.
The University of the West of England is proposing to run a three-day intensive course on 20-22 July for Year 11 students who are intending to start an AS course in September 2009, the aim being to ease the transition from GCSE to AS and A level work. The course will be based on communicative grammar and an introduction to the sorts of topics they will be dealing with in their post 16 courses. The course will run in French, Spanish and German.
The University of the West of England is holding a Languages Day for Year 12 students in the region who are currently studying French, Spanish or German at AS level (or equivalent). The Languages Day will take place on Thursday 25 June and feature French, Spanish and German sessions which will focus on themes which reflect the specialist research areas of UWE's academic staff and of guest speakers. Where possible these themes will tie with in with current A level topic areas. There will also be a plenary talk on studying languages at university and taster sessions in Polish, Japanese, Russian, Mandarin Chinese and Italian.
The University of Bath is holding a Languages Day for Year 12 students in the region who are currently studying French, Spanish or German at AS level (or equivalent). The Languages Day will take place on Wednesday 24 June and feature French, Spanish and German sessions which will focus on themes which reflect the specialist research areas of UWE's academic staff and of guest speakers. Where possible these themes will tie with in with current A level topic areas. There will also be a plenary talk on studying languages at university and taster sessions in Arabic Japanese, Russian, Mandarin Chinese and Italian.
An opportunity to interact with and learn from business people for whom languages play a key role.
This event is organised jointly with Bath Rugby Club. Pupils wll have a tour of the club and ground, meet key staff and the rugby players. They will interview the players and staff and take video clips during the day. Pupils will then work in groups and produce one of a number of things - a poster, a booklet, a supportive game, a match day programme, etc. They will then present their work to an invited audience at Preston School (date to be confirmed).
