Enhancing language learning through culture
Start date: Jul 1, 2014,
End date: Jun 30, 2016
PROJECT
FINISHED
As a department, we want to offer our children the best possible learning experience. We believe that it is essential for our own language knowledge to be fresh and up-to-date to give our children an authentic experience of French and Spanish. We would like to develop our staff’s non specialist language so that they are able to teach more languages to higher levels to give us more flexibility in what we can offer to our students. We also need to update and develop our cultural knowledge and embed culture into teaching, integrate authentic materials into schemes of work and develop new teaching methodologies.
We want to develop international links and pupil visits to Spain and France leading to an increase in uptake of languages and a widening of students’ aspirations.
We also want to focus on supporting the overall attainment of EAL students and pupils with SEN and develop the role of teaching assistants within our department to support this. We also want to improve transition from primary school and establish language classes for parents.
We plan to send members of our MFL department to Spain and France (16 in total) over two years to take part in training courses which include intensive language learning, cultural activities, teaching ideas and methodology and developing a link with a French/Spanish school.
This will lead to more languages being available, giving pupils more choice, up-to-date linguistic and cultural knowledge leading to a more relevant and engaging learning experience for pupils, more authentic materials, development of new teaching methodologies, schemes of work and international links leading to future pupil visits to Spain and France. It will also lead to better attainment of EAL students, better use of support staff within the MFL department, improved arrangements for transition and the establishment of language classes for parents. It will also lead to the formation of friendships and professional networks.
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