Routes into Languages

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Routes into Languages
Routes into Languages North East Nick Johnston,
Project Manager
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GCSE entries for MFL in 2006/2007 by government
region languages by of LA cohort
33
21
6
10
38
22
41
11
7
25
8
12
44
German
French
Spanish
29
5
40
11
44
14
26
27
5
6
49
45
13
10
29
29
7
49
9
13
30
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• Routes the background
• Strategic importance of languages
• Aims to increase the take up of languages in
  secondary and higher education
• Funded by HEFCE, DCSF (4 years) Y5 extension
  confirmed
• Developed by UCML, CiLT, LLAS

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• Routes a programme for England Wales
• 9 Regional Consortia (England) Wales
• Research Projects (Languages for Enterprise
  Community languagesLanguages for International
  events)
• National Networks (Translation Interpreting)
• Co-ordinated by Subject Centre for LLAS

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Routes into Languages North East

• Anglia Ruskin, Aston, Bath, Bath Spa,
  Bedfordshire, Birkbeck, Birmingham, Bolton,
  Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury
  Christchurch, Cornwall universities, Coventry,
  Durham, Exeter, Gloucester, Goldsmiths, Hull,
  Keele, Leeds, Leeds Met, Leicester, Lincoln,
  London Met, LSE, Manchester, Manchester Met,
  Newcastle, Northumbria, Nottingham , Nottingham
  Trent, OU, Oxford, Oxford Brookes, Plymouth,
  Portsmouth, Reading, Salford, Sheffield,
  Sheffield Hallam, SOAS, Solent, Southampton,
  Sunderland, Surrey, Sussex,
• Teesside, UCL, UC Plymouth, ULCAN, UWE,
• Warwick, Westminster, Wolverhampton

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Year 9 Roadshows, School visits
Years 10 12 Linguacast, Festivals School visits
Years 11 13 Masterclasses School visits
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Routes into Languages North East

• Flagship events
• School visits
• Festivals of International Culture
• Roadshows
• Spelling Bee
• Film Days
• Double Club

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• Evaluations (copy of evaluation here)

Tracking data
Language proficiency/learning
Language interest previous to event
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Event impact
Event evaluation
Language benefit awareness
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School Visits
The pupils and staff thoroughly enjoyed the
presentation. They the pupils seem to listen
more to people who are closer to their age group.
We shall certainly go on the linguacast site as a
follow up activity. Emma Chicken, Teacher,
Acklam Grange School
The advice made me realise I will really benefit
from learning a language Rachel Hunter, Year
10, Southmoor Community School
I definitely want to start learning Chinese, it
is a really interesting language and it will be
really useful Megan, Age 13, Durham Johnston
School
This was the second time student ambassadors
have visited our schools and hopefully it wont
be the last. The boys enjoyed it very
much! Beatriz Membrado, Teacher, Newcastle
School for Boys
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Overall Shifts in Opinion
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Linguacast Universed
linguacast.ncl.ac.uk www.universed.co.uk
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