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Links into Languages news
Recent information on the project and its partners
Post date: Friday 30th April 2010
Region: National
Vote now for your favourite shortlisted webpage!
After a long and difficult decision, the judges have shortlisted ten webpages. The overall winner, runners-up and design award winner will be decided by the final judging panel. However, you can now...
Post date: Friday 30th April 2010
Region: West Midlands
Interactive Languages Day for Year 11 and 12 French, German or Spanish students At Aston University on Thursday 17th June 2010 10.30am – 4.00pm The event is free to attend and will include lunch
As part of our gifted and talented provision for...
Post date: Friday 30th April 2010
Region: West Midlands
As part of its 100 anniversary celebrations the Institut Français is launching a digital platform, Culturethèque, which will be launched on the 27 May from 6 pm at the institute in London.
The objective is to offer a tool to...
Post date: Tuesday 27th April 2010
Region: East Midlands
The deadline to secure a place on a two-week course in Spain or Germany is fast approaching.
The Primary Teachers’ Project is a great opportunity for primary teachers to spend two weeks abroad to improve their language and pedagogical...
Post date: Tuesday 27th April 2010
Region: West Midlands
Have you got an inspirational and creative primary colleague? Nominate now!
This award – sponsored by Scholastic and La Jolie Ronde – aims to celebrate the very best in language teaching – and this is where you come in. We...
Post date: Tuesday 27th April 2010
Region: West Midlands
In support of the primary entitlement - download this document from the DCSF website
Guidance to help secondary schools ensure a smooth transition from language learning in Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3, which includes tips on working in partnership...
Post date: Thursday 22nd April 2010
Region: East Midlands
"How to design and deliver GCSE and IGCSE courses"
Two one day Workshops for new and existing Teachers of Chinese planning to teach Mandarin Chinese.
For further details contact Amanda Lee tel: 0870 3830042.
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Post date: Thursday 22nd April 2010
Region: East Midlands
Bursaries for Language Upskilling
Links into Languages East Midlands in partnership with Nottingham Trent University and the Nottingham Language Centre is offering nine bursaries to support the development of language competence for primary and...
Post date: Thursday 22nd April 2010
Region: South East
Language teachers (in the South) are getting expert help in making their lessons exciting and inspirational through a national initiative led by the University of Southampton.
Links into Languages aims to support teachers who work in primary and...
Post date: Tuesday 20th April 2010
Region: East Midlands
The Association for Language Learning now has an ALL new website!
Post date: Thursday 15th April 2010
Region: East Midlands
The deadline for the course 'Shoot, Cut & Upload: Creating Audiovisual Material for Foreign Language Teaching' is on the 30th of April 2010.
The course will be held in Cyprus from the 8th to the 13th of October.
It is a...
Post date: Thursday 15th April 2010
Region: West Midlands
Given the worrying situation of language learning in the UK, the Wall of Language aims to ask all MPs and prospective MPs for their views about the importance of languages and language learning. Their views will then be displayed on the Wall of...
Post date: Thursday 15th April 2010
Region: West Midlands
What do the political parties think of education, teachers and languages. Read the complilation on the ALL's website.
Post date: Thursday 15th April 2010
Region: East Midlands
Nottingham Trent University has appointed Professor Murray Pratt as the new Dean of its School of Arts and Humanities.
Murray was formerly the Academic Team Leader for Languages and International Studies within the School, where his achievements...
Post date: Friday 9th April 2010
Region: West Midlands
David Lammy, minister of state for higher education, and Diana Johnson, parliamentary undersecretary of state for schools, talk about the importance of languages.
"The importance of language skills in the modern world cannot be underestimated...
Post date: Friday 9th April 2010
Region: West Midlands
Language Networks for Excellence are organising an information afternoon on NVQ units on Wednesday 28th April at the Wolverhampton Science park.
The afternoon session will cover:
the main features of NVQ and why it is so successful...
Post date: Friday 9th April 2010
Region: West Midlands
Walsall secondary colleagues enjoyed the chance to meet with their feeder schools’ colleagues and discuss the current issues of transition from KS2 to KS3. The primus motor behind this idea is Walsall’s new Primary languages coordinator...
Post date: Friday 9th April 2010
Region: South West
The aim of the LinkedUp project at the Royal Forest of Dean College is to teach Italian to year nine students in the context of italian food. The project involves five students from each of the three partner schools, none of whom currently...
