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A day for Year 11-12 learners of French to demonstrate the wider links between language, culture and history; based at SOAS. The programme will consist of two main sessions – the first will look at the history of the French empire in North Africa, and the
second will discuss some of the cultural ramifications of this period. Some language work will be embedded in these sessions.

Please note that in the case of no-shows or cancellations, we reserve the right to invoice your school and ask that you contribute to costs incurred. 

Do you watch films in the foreign language(s) that you are studying? If so, you’ll know it’s a way of seeing some great films, improving your listening skills and learning more about the culture of another country.

And what about the subtitles? Have you ever thought about how these are created for the cinema and DVDs?

In this workshop we’ll look at what makes subtitling different from other types of translation, the challenges and rewards, and we’ll be creating some subtitles of our own.

 The workshop will run from 12.30 to 3.30 pm. There are 25 places for Y12 pupils and a light finger lunch will be served.

This project, hosted and organised by SOAS, would make use of the institution’s specific language focus, expertise and media facilities. Community languages would be used to make an advert which would advertise London to prospective visitors, as a tie-in with the 2012 games.

In this advert, schoolchildren who speak Bengali could make an advert (with a script substantially in Bengali) for visitors from Bangladesh. An academic from SOAS would be involved in helping to script the advert on the first day of the event, and the second day would consist of filming in the SOAS media suite.

This scheme will involve Ambassadors acting as tutors, supporting language teachers during class. Secondary schools will be able to apply to receive up to a maximum of 4 tutors and discuss a delivery plan with our Capital L Project Manager. Schools will allocate a coordinator to liaise with Capital L, to supervise tutors, to provide monthly reports on attendance and to help with evaluation.

The delivery plan will include information on whether tutors will, for example, support pupils to develop specific skills (oral skills, essay writing, grammar), and/or work with pupils on a one-to-one basis, with groups or the whole class.

The overall aims and objectives are:
• To increase pupils’ confidence in their language skills
• To increase pupils’ motivation for studying languages
• To raise achievement in languages
• To raise the profile of languages at secondary schools
• To raise secondary school pupils’ awareness for language studying at university
• Ambassadors will develop a range of employability skills including coaching, motivating, and leadership skills

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SOAS Language alumni ambassadors who now employ languages in their workplaces can come to your school and speak to your students about their experiences of learning languages and the additional benefits this has brought to their professional lives.

3 Bring your Mum/Dad/Carer to university held during this academic year and perhaps a fourth for those not able to attend previous sessions. Dates are as follows:

• 21/11/2009
• 21/01/2010
• 18/02/2010

Please note that in the case of no-shows or late cancellations, we reserve the right to invoice your school to contribute to the costs we have incurred.

Do you enjoy playing computer games? Are you studying languages? If so, this workshop on video games localisation might be right up your street.

To find out more about what it means to be a games localiser, come to our half-day workshop. There are 25 places for Y12 pupils ONLY and a light finger lunch will be served.
 

Interested in finding out about translation and interpreting as professions?

If you are studying a language for AS or A Level, this is for you.

Come and discover the latest translation technology. Find out about film subtitling software. Experience what it is like to be a conference interpreter in our Interpreting Suite. Have a chat with a conference interpreter working for the EU parliament.

Deadline for registration: 9 December 09

Capital L has a team of trained ambassadors available for presentations on the progression routes for Year 9 and Year 11 pupils considering what options to take on the next stage of their studies.

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on the e-mail below.

Students will be able to meet with Capital L ambassadors on a monthly basis who will support them in running projects and activities in the school. This is a team project which begins with a day long session at SOAS. Language leaders will receive training in planning and delivering activities, organising events and how to give presentations.

This event is aimed at students in Years 7 to 13 and is open for 10-15 students per school. Schools are to nominate someone to coordinate the scheme and liaise with Capital L through the academic year.

For more information, please contact Sarah Tucker at st47@soas.ac.uk or 020 7898 4043

Please note that in the case of no-shows or late cancellations, we reserve the right to invoice your school for the costs we have incurred.