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Primary Language Learning
Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017 PROJECT  FINISHED 

This application is to provide funding for 5 teachers to participate in an immersion course in France, to enable them to successfully deliver a language progamme to children from Nursery to Primary 7 and so begin to embed the target language into the school curriculum. This application is also to provide funding for 3 teachers to participate in an immersion course in Spain, to enable the school to embark on the journey of introducing and delivering the teaching of a 3rd language in the upper stages of primary level. These 2 projects are in line with the Scottish Government's 1+2 initiative, which requires all primary schools in Scotland, to introduce the teaching of modern languages into their curriculum by 2020. This project also supports our School Development Plan over the next 5 years. One of the teachers , who wishes to develop the 3rd language within the school, has attended a 'Train the Trainer' course for modern languages and is now involved in developing a language programme for the authority and in training other teachers within the cluster. It is hoped that other teachers who attend this course, will be drafted in to support the roll out of languages across our region. The course activities provided by LFEE Europe will allow participants to converse in the target languages, improving their own language skills and cultural awareness. It will also equip them with new resources, ideas and cross-curricular approaches, taking into consideration all types of learners, kinesthetic, auditory and visual. There will be a focus on the 4 skills -Listening, Talking, Reading and Writing. Taking a cross curricular approach, will help us embed the target language into daily routines. As well as increasing cultural awareness of the countries of the target languages and improving their own personal language skills, teachers will gain knowledge of how best to use the internet , ICT and other forms of media to support language learning. The courses offered by LFEE Europe are delivered by native speakers, who are teachers themselves and who have experience in teaching in Scottish schools and understand the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. LFEE Europe offer on-going support to teachers, both prior to and after the course has finished. The content of these courses will build on the progress in languages we have already made as a school and increase the confidence and skill set of our teachers in delivering a language. Teachers will be given every opportunity to share their learning and resources with all staff in school on their return. Provision will also be made to ensure other teachers across our region will benefit from their expertise, enabling as many pupils in our region to access modern languages. As a result of our teachers attending these immersion courses, we ultimately aim to to promote the enjoyment of learning a foreign language within our school and beyond, raising awareness of the importance of being able to communicate with others within the ever increasing global society in which we live. Forming links and partnerships with schools across Europe, through collaborative projects fostering tolerance, mutual understanding and appreciation of the cultures of others, will lay down foundations for the future for our young learners, tomorrow's global citizens.

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