London

This activity aims to harness the enthusiasm surrounding the Brazil 2014 World Cup and provide an ideal opportunity for your students to:

• learn more about Brazil and the Brazilian World Cup
• pick up some basic Portuguese
• develop their team work and creativity whilst drawing on a range of skills across ICT, Geography, Languages, Numeracy, Art and Design and PE.

Overview of the tasks

The Challenge involves 6 tasks which build on materials from the 6 lessons in the Arsenal Double Club Portuguese course. These are described in more detail on the Teacher Explanation Sheet attached.

Rules of the Game

• Students must enter in teams of 4-10 players.
• Every student in the team must contribute to the Challenge but tasks can be divided up to play to different individuals’ strengths.
• The Challenge is open to all students in Years 7, 8 and 9 and a team can include players from more than one year group.
• Schools can enter as many teams as they like but individual students are not allowed to participate in more than 1 team.
• Each task must be completed using a different format (eg. if Task 1 is a PowerPoint presentation then Task 6 cannot also be a PowerPoint presentation).
• Completed Challenges must be returned to Capital L no later than Thursday 1 May 2014.

The winners will be invited to a World Cup Day at the Arsenal Emirates Stadium!

This event has already closed. We will be anouncing the winners soon.

Win a chance to perform in the L Factor Festival* and take part in a unique music workshop!

Between September 2013 and July 2014, Capital L will be holding a languages and music competition aimed at London’s secondary school students aged between 14 and 19 years old: “The Language Factor Song Competition”.

Visit our YouTube page to see past entries and testimonials: http://www.youtube.com/user/routessoas

Entries should:

• consist of an original song written by the young performers in any language other than English.
• be submitted as a DVD video of the young people performing the song. The quality of the video will not be judged.
• last no longer than two minutes.
• be accompanied by a sheet with the full lyrics in the original language and translated into English.
• be submitted by post by 11th April 2014. Please see the competition guidelines for submission details. For a copy of the submission form, see below.

There will be two age categories for the competition: 

a. 14-16 years old (years 9-11)
b. 17-19 years old (years 12 & 13)

We strongly encourage schools to make this a cross-curricular activity between music and languages departments. For more information on the competition rules, please see the document 'L Factor Competition Guidelines', which will be uploaded in September 2013. 

• Registration must take place via schools.
• Teachers and pupils will be offered the s  upport of Music Mentors   to help with the various aspects of the activity, including song composition and performance techniques.

Please register here to receive the teacher pack, and for further information about the support available. To request copies of the poster, please contact: routes.admin@soas.ac.uk

*The L Factor Festival will take place in July 2014 at SOAS Brunei Gallery Theatre. Teachers, parents and classmates will be welcome. All shortlisted songs will be uploaded onto a private YouTube page.
 

Turkish Immersion Academy
SOAS, University of London

Wednesday 19 April 2017 10am – 3pm

Thursday 20 April 2017 10am – 3pm

Friday 21 April 2017 10am – 3pm
 

The Turkish Immersion Academy is a project which is being offered for students who have entered for GCSE Turkish (Year 9-11).

Each session will consist of two language lessons as well as a chance to meet current SOAS students and find out more about higher education. Students will also receive information about studying languages at university and other language qualifications.

The aims of the project are to help prepare students for their Turkish examinations (particularly by improving their written skills), to give students the opportunity to experience a university environment and to raise the profile of world languages in general.

Eligibility criteria:

The students should be Turkish speakers, who have been entered for Turkish GCSE. Priority will be given to those who are first generation in their family to attend university and are taking exams this year.

The closing date for applications is Friday 10^th March 2017.

To apply please email routes@soas.ac.uk.

This is an interactive mini-lecture (in PowerPoint) El Ave: la modernización del transporte ferroviario (The Spanish high speed train: modernisation of rail transport) that includes illustrations and maps. It is written in simple Spanish and, in order to cater for the different levels of ability, can be delivered either in Spanish, with some spoken English explanations to re-cap on different sections in the lecture, or in Spanish with a spoken English translation of each point, as well as some recapping and questions.

The session is planned to be accessible at the same time as giving an insight into what it would be like to study Spanish in first year undergraduate program. It hopes to encourage students and consider the beneifts of continuing to study languages.

It is a particularly good opportunity to engage with the language for beginners of Spanish, such as Year 12 IB Ab Initio students. However, it is also an effective exercise for GCSE and A-level students in terms of reading and listening language skills.

For more information about the workshop please refer to the pdf below. To register or for more questions, you can also write to us at routes@soas.ac.uk.

New competition for all state secondary and complementary schools in London !

After the success of last year’s competition (teachers said how motivating it was for their students), we’re pleased to announce an exciting new one for year 7-9 students in London mainstream state or complementary schools to celebrate keeping the spirit of the Olympics alive.

They are asked to create a Poster, a PowerPoint, a letter, a booklet, a postcard or even the text for a “Tweet” on the theme of “One World” (see the attached sheet for details) in a language they are learning in school.

Winning entries will be exhibited in SOAS and on the ATLAS web site. Certificates for winning students and schools will be awarded at a presentation in SOAS in April.

Interested teachers should register their interest (without obligation) by contacting Terry King at terry.king@ucl.ac.uk . Please send your name and email address, the address of your school, mainstream or complementary, and the languages likely to be covered. Copies of the colourful poster to advertise the competition will be despatched to you. The deadline for entries is March 1st, 2013.

Information for teachers can be found here

Example poster

Looking forward to receiving your entries.

Terry King (terry.king@ucl.ac.uk)

This hugely popular karaoke workshop is for learners of Spanish at all levels. It helps improve language skills as part of a fun activity. The workshop consists of showing students videos of English versions of popular songs also sung in Spanish. Once the students are familiar with the song and can sing along to it, they are given a copy of the lyrics of the Spanish version. This workshop gives students the opportunity to develop their vocabulary and extend their knowledge of Spanish musical culture. An ideal way to celebration students' hard work, or to give an added dimension to language learning. 

This is a cross-curricular activity linking Languages and Science. It is an instructive but fun way of introducing students to the Russian alphabet, numbers and basic sentences whilst focusing on space travel. The workshop was developed by SOAS student K. Taranenko, and can be delivered at your school by a Russian-speaking Language Ambassador. Examples of the teaching materials can be found at the links below.

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Russian Vocabulary

Review Worksheet

Losar in Tibet is a fun educational activity, which links languages and culture in an interactive way. Students have the opportunity to learn about Tibet and get a taste of its culture during Losar, Tibetan New Year, and the most important time of the year. Throughout this activity, students will have the opportunity to acquire a taste of a completely new language and at the end of the session they will have a comprehensive overview of the most significant aspects of Losar. Moreover, they will be able to articulate New Year greetings in Tibetan, ask people’s names and reply accordingly, as well as write basic phrases and words related to the topic of the lesson.

Apply now to be a language ambassador! The deadline for applications is 15th January 2016.

We are currently recruiting language ambassadors to help us communicate the benefits of studying languages. Working as a Capital L Ambassador will give you experience of working with a wide range of people, help you improve your communication skills, and allow you to make a difference by enthusing young people to learn languages, as well as impressing future employers! As a language ambassador you will attend events at schools and colleges around London or at your own university, informing young people about the benefits of studying languages and inspiring them with your experiences of studying languages at university. 

Language ambassadors are paid £9/hr plus travel expenses for events outside TfL zones 1&2.

Capital L Ambassadors must be current students at one of our partner institutions. For more information, go to our Introduction page.

To apply, please read the role description carefully and send us a copy of your CV accompanied by a letter explaining how you meet the requirements of the role and why you want to be a Language Ambassador to routes@soas.ac.uk. The deadline for applications is 15th January 2016.  

We aim to contact applicants selected for interview by 25th Janurary. Interviews will be held in the week commencing 25th January 2016. Successful candidates will be invited to attend training sessions. Further details will be provided to successful candidates. 

If you have any questions, please contact us on: routes@soas.ac.uk.