North West

FILTA (Film in Language Teaching Association) offers a collection of teaching resources that make it easy for language teachers and lecturers to use film as a language and culture resource.

You can contribute to the community site and download resources such as study guides, podcasts and vodcasts for Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English as a Foreign Language (EFL), French, Spanish and Urdu. Resources for other languages will be added soon.
You can also find inform

ation about useful links, events, workshops and film sessions.

Become part of a growing network of language colleagues where sharing resources on film is free.

To find out more and to join our network, please visit the FILTA website.

Develop your classroom expertise by joining our practical 20-hour course for Arabic teachers of Arabic and Chinese teachers of Mandarin Chinese.

The course is packed with practical ideas and suggestions for making your classes more motivating, more enjoyable and more memorable. All the ideas we will share with you are designed to make your classes more effective and to help you prepare and teach lessons that will help your students make rapid progress.

These ten week courses last for 20 hours in total and cost just £140.

For further details and a course outline please contact:
langcourses@mmu.ac.uk or call 0161-247-3945.
 

We have a team of trained Student Ambassadors who can come into your school or college to deliver a 'Why Study Languages?' talk to your pupils. This can last between 20 minutes to 45 minutes and explains the personal and professional benefits that languages can bring. This can be pitched at any age group.

To cover our costs, there will be a fee of around £30 for each visit (it might be more depending on your location and associated travel costs).

If you would like to book a talk, please get in touch and let us know the date and time you would like a speaker, the age group and the number of pupils. Email us at routes@mmu.ac.uk.
 

To be launched on the European Day of Languages, the aim of the Spelling Bee is for students in Year 7 to practise and improve their vocabulary, spelling and memory skills in a foreign language (French, Spanish and German) and to raise the profile of language learning through a class, school and regional competition. 

Due to its success last year in the East of England, Routes into Languages have decided to roll this out nationally. Each region will hold competitions, run by the Routes regional teams. The winners will meet in July 2011 for the National Final in Cambridge.

For more information, please click here to view the flyer. If you would like to take part, please complete and return the registration form.