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Links into Languages news
Recent information on the project and its partners
Post date: Thursday 29th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
Groups of UK schools and their local authorities/federations of schools are currently being recruited to work with partners in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia. In each partnership, a group of five schools, supported by their local authority/...
Post date: Thursday 29th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
Groups of UK schools and their local authorities/federations of schools are currently being recruited to work with partners in India and Sri Lanka. In each partnership, a mixed group of four UK primary, secondary and/or special schools, supported by...
Post date: Wednesday 28th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
For some free resources, see the Routes into Languages website.
Post date: Monday 26th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
The KS3 Framework online modules are for the professional development of teachers, and are divided into four sections: Generic pedagogy issues; Modern foreigh language pedagogy; Planning using the Framework and Whole-school issues.
Post date: Monday 26th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
There are a wide range of opportunities for schools and teachers through the Business Language Champions scheme.
Post date: Friday 23rd October 2009
Region: East Midlands
Nottingham Trent University has a range of taster events planned for 2010 to help introduce Year 12 and 13 students to subjects at university level. Events include a Languages Day in February.
More information will be available later this...
Post date: Friday 23rd October 2009
Region: East Midlands
The Goethe-Institut is offering training grants to primary and secondary teachers of German to participate in residential German language courses in Germany. The application deadline is 15th November 2009.
For further information please...
Post date: Wednesday 21st October 2009
Region: East Midlands
ADNAN MENDERES PRIMARY SCHOOL AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
KIZILTEPE/MARDİN in Turkey is looking for schools interested in a Comenius project.
It is a large mixed school in the southeast of turkey with approximately 1850 pupils aged from 7-14.
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Post date: Friday 16th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
20-25 Jun 2010, Bologna, Italy: Language Networks for Excellence are running a week-long immersion course for teachers of Italian in Italy.
The course can be fully funded through a Comenius/Grundtvig in-service training grant. For more information...
Post date: Friday 16th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
02-08 May 2010, Malaga, Spain: Language Networks for Excellence are running a week-long immersion course for teachers of Spanish in Spain.
The course can be fully funded through a Comenius/Grundtvig in-service training grant. For more information...
Post date: Friday 16th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
For further information regarding the Diploma, click here.
Post date: Friday 16th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
International Mother Language Day.
Post date: Friday 16th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Post date: Friday 16th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
International Education Week.
Post date: Friday 16th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
For a wide range of advice and support on setting up and promoting Chinese in your school, as well as CPD opportunities, resources and how to establish cultural links, contact the Schools Network Team.
Post date: Friday 16th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
Opportunities for CPD: teachers can access training events and online courses, and learn about the grants available to attend language courses in Spain.
Resources to teach and promote Spanish.
Schemes to identify and reward good...
Post date: Friday 16th October 2009
Region: East Midlands
Post date: Thursday 15th October 2009
Region: National
CILT’s Business Language Champions Awards programme recognises and celebrates companies that are supporting language learning in schools. These companies have been successful in raising the ambition and horizons of young people through...
Post date: Thursday 8th October 2009
Region: South West
Philip Campagna presented an introduction to the Links into Languages programme to a meeting of MFL teachers in Sarum College, Salisbury.
Post date: Monday 5th October 2009
Region: West Midlands
Links into Languages West Midlands has just confirmed it will be hosting a co-branded event with the Cervantes Institute on Wednesday 9th December at Aston University
Aston University is the Associate Centre for the Cervantes Institute as well as...
