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.
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.
European Day of Languages is on the 26th September. Here are some ideas for you to celebrate it.
A leaflet from SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages, for parents explaining the 1+2 language policy in Scotland.
