SCILT have put together a page of Christmas resources for the modern languages classroom.

You can also read the story “Pierre et Monsieur Bonhomme de neige”.

The Education Scotland Languages team will be hosting a Glow meet at 4pm on Wednesday 10th December which will give a comprehensive overview of the 1+2 languages policy.

Vist website to register. You will need a Glow login and user ID.

Link in case you missed it!

Language courses are also running at the University of Edinburgh from January. Contact J. Sked for details.

There will be 6 Tuesday and Wednesday twilight courses (4.00 – 6.00)  for Beginners French starting from 6/1/15 and 7/1/15. Please book with Staff Development quoting course reference CFE009.

You will find the French Assistant’s lesson plans and resources for P1 on Education Exchange (School Subjects/Modern Languages/1+2) This will be updated regularly.

Here are some photos of the P1s at Athelstaneford enjoying their French lesson along with the P2 and P3 pupils and some from the Aberlady pupils too.

Dr Alasdair Allan’s video message for the Language Leaders’ Summit at Westminster (October 2014) in which he outlines the Scottish Government’s commitment and ambition for language teaching and learning in Scotland’s schools.

Following our cluster training in the pilot cluster there was a request for basic classroom vocabulary to be posted on this blog. The French Assistant has kindly recorded this for us

which can be listened to along with this sheet.

Classroom instructions

The Scottish Association for Language Teaching is holding its annual conference on 1/11/14 at the University of Strathclyde. There will be contributions from speakers directly involved in the implementation of 1+2. A specialist publishers’ exhibition, including stands from various language organisations, will form an integral part of the conference. Contact DOs for more information.

Details of current language courses on offer by the cultural organisations and immersion courses abroad.

European Day of Languages is on the 26th September. Here are some ideas for you to celebrate it.