MFL
French Quiz
This activity is an example of how a pupil with a moderate learning difficulty who usually attends a special school can be involved in the Ambassador Schools programme. We had been learning colours in French and then the pupil took on the role of junior ambassador to create a quiz designed to engage and teach…
Black History Month MFL Activities
During Black History Month, our pupils are learning about notable Black figures from French- and Spanish-speaking countries in their Languages lessons, allowing them to practise their language skills, discover new personalities and enrich their cultural knowledge. Where possible, this was delivered in the target language with scaffolding put in place to support comprehension. These activities…
Peace through Languages
This year here at Prestwick Academy we celebrated European Day of Languages with a bang – our International Club – the Captains and Junior Ambassadors helped a lot on the day. Inspirational quotes about the importance of languages were posted every day into school’s daily bulletin and face painting was done by International Captains during…
EDoL: Celtic connections from Oaklea Grange
Today, at Oaklea Grange, we held a school assembly all about the European Day of Languages. We learnt all about the wide variety of languages across Europe, their heritage, and compared that to the languages in our own country. We spoke about promoting the learning of another language and pupils had a go at speaking…
European Day of Languages
During the week of European Day of Languages Manchester Hospital School got the whole school from EYFS to post-16 involved in language learning through a mixture of assemblies, encouraging pupils to complete the British Council Great Languages Challenge and teaching pupils how to count to five in a range of European and non-European languages. Each…
Using Languages in the Workplace
To encourage their peer group to consider how languages can be used in the workplace, Wellington School’s Junior Ambassadors organised a workshop for them. As a starting point, they used short films provided by the British Council where people talk about how they use languages at work. The group watched twelve videos and chose the…
LUX Youth Seminar in Brussels
Junior Ambassadors from Wellington School in Ayr, Scotland, have just attended the LUX Audience Award ceremony with Junior Ambassadors from all 27 EU member states.
Languages at Work Event – GCHQ and Business Language Champions
Twelve Year 10 Linguists who are learning French and German currently competed in the GCHQ challenge at the Royal School in Bath. They had the chance to see Languages at work as well as enjoy a taster of Arabic, Korean and Mandarin.
International Mother Language Day
We, Oaklea Grange, held a whole school assembly on International Mother Language Day. We looked at languages that we are losing and how to preserve them. We spoke about all the interesting ways in which people can communicate and why it is important to preserve tradition and try and keep these language and variations alive.…
Pen pal exchange with pupils from a Spanish school
Year 11 pupils at Hele’s School who are taking Spanish as an extra GCSE swapped pen pal letters with pupils form a school in Spain. They created the contact through one of the Spanish members of staff. The sending and receiving of letters gives students a different way to appreciate one another’s culture to communicating…
International Mother Languages Day Celebration
Students at Mercy College, Belfast, celebrated International Mother Languages Day with quizzes, an international lunch, crafts, and educational displays.
Virtual workshop with DG Translation and Interpretation
All of our Year 13 language students in French, Spanish and German took part in a virtual workshop with DG-Translation in which we learned about the importance of languages in a multi-lingual democracy and the role of interpreters and translators. We were able to translate some documents ourselves, which gave a fascinating insight into the…