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Ensuring successful transition from KS4 to KS5
The project aimed to facilitate successful transition and progression for students studying a language at KS4 in a school environment to KS5 at a sixth form college and provide opportunities for teaching staff to better understand the requirements of GCSE, AS and A2, where applicable.
- Theme: Transition
- Keywords: Assessment, Chinese, Employer engagement, French, German, Spanish, Transition
- Sector: Secondary/FE
Knowledge about Language (KAL) and Language Learning Strategies (LLS) as a source of next practice: A case study of Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin Chinese shows the importance of the learning process in teaching a language, not just the outcome. Make learning a language interesting through comparative linguistics.
- Theme: Home Languages
- Keywords: Chinese, Home Languages, Language leaders / peer-to-peer learning, Less commonly taught languages
- Sector: Primary
Making primary languages our business
A community of schools collaborated to engage reluctant and more committed language learners who designed language resources for primary, learned about methodology, planned lessons, and trialled them in partner primary schools. As a transition project this also provided opportunities for further language skills acquisition for primary languages teachers.
A Mandarin Journey
‘A Mandarin Journey’ provided the opportunity for students from a variety of different schools from across the Wirral to embark on a creative journey of cultural enrichment, by bringing students together to sing and play music from China. This was done through workshops led by experienced practitioners.
- Theme: Transition
- Keywords: Chinese, Community cohesion, Drama, International links, Multimedia, film, music and radio, Parent participation, Transition
- Sector: Primary/Secondary
Web-based teachers pack: languages and cultures
Within the multicultural, ethnically and linguistically diverse West Midlands region, it is important to value and recognise pupils’ individual backgrounds, experiences and languages. This project aims to raise the profile of community languages by engaging pupils in a new learning experience where they become central to the teaching and learning of the language(s).
Language qualifications factsheet
This comprehensive factsheet lists the available language qualifications that can be used pre- and post-16 in schools and colleges. Covering 31 languages, qualifications are presented by language and by level, making it easy to find the information you're looking for. The factsheet was published in March 2011.
Introductory Mandarin for work-related visits
This project taught Mandarin Language for the work place, awareness of cultural differences and customs to be observed. We created a short introductory Mandarin toolkit to give students an understanding of greetings, numbers, directions, signs and food that may be useful to communicate in the workplace.
2,2 Millions – Solar ovens can save lives
2.2 million people die every year because they breathe in the smoke from cooking fires. Solar ovens use the rays of the sun to cook food and are helpful to both human health and the environment. CLIL motivates students and there is a balance here between human interest and technology that appeals to both sexes.
Dragons’ Den Day
Ninety year 9 students listened to a presentation on doing business in China and were given cultural and geographical information to help them design a shoe, which would be produced in China. Students worked in teams, and presented their product in the 'Dragons’ Den' at the end of the day.
- Theme: Employer engagement
- Keywords: Chinese, Employer engagement, Enterprise, Work-related learning
- Sector: Secondary
