North West

Tuesday 24th March 2015, 1.00pm - 4.00 pm - German Essay Writing for Film (Goodbye Lenin)

The event focuses on a popular film studied by A2 students. The workshop will include the following elements: structuring an essay, arguing and illustrating a point, focusing on characters, themes and director’s style, building a phrase-bank to discuss films, learning film terminology.

This event has a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.

Subsidised by Routes into Languages North West.

Language Enrichment Event

University of Central Lancashire (Preston)

Friday 9th January, 10am - 2.30pm

Our ever-popular Language Enrichment Events for year 8 pupils are back. These are interactive, exciting events that encourage pupils to continue with their language studies at school and to think about the advantages of learning a new language or gaining a qualification in a language they may speak at home. These events have proved extremely popular with pupils and language teachers over the years and our research has shown a 24% increase in pupils taking language GCSEs after they attended the events.

The events use language tasters and cultural activities in less widely taught languages e.g. Arabic and Mandarin) to encourage the learning of languages generally.

Cost per pupil: £5

Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW.

The events are only open to schools where languages are not compulsory. Priority will be given to schools who have not attended a Language Enrichment Event in previous years.

Places will be allocated after the closing date of Friday 14th November 2014.

Language Enrichment Event

Lancaster University

Thursday 8th January, 10am - 2.30pm

Our ever-popular Language Enrichment Events for year 8 pupils are back. These are interactive, exciting events that encourage pupils to continue with their language studies at school and to think about the advantages of learning a new language or gaining a qualification in a language they may speak at home. These events have proved extremely popular with pupils and language teachers over the years and our research has shown a 24% increase in pupils taking language GCSEs after they attended the events.

The events use language tasters and cultural activities in less widely taught languages e.g. Arabic and Mandarin) to encourage the learning of languages generally.

Cost per pupil: £5

Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW.

The events are only open to schools where languages are not compulsory. Priority will be given to schools who have not attended a Language Enrichment Event in previous years.

Places will be allocated after the closing date of Friday 14th November 2014.

Language Enrichment Event for Year 8 Pupils

University of Manchester

Friday 9th January 2015

10am - 2.15pm

Our ever-popular Language Enrichment Events for year 8 pupils are back. These are interactive, exciting events that encourage pupils to continue with their language studies at school and to think about the advantages of learning a new language or gaining a qualification in a language they may speak at home. These events have proved extremely popular with pupils and language teachers over the years and our research has shown a 24% increase in pupils taking language GCSEs after they attended the events. 

The events use language tasters and cultural activities in less widely taught languages e.g. Arabic and Mandarin) to encourage the learning of languages generally.

Cost per pupil: £5

Subsidised by Routes into Languages NW.

The events are only open to schools where languages are not compulsory. Priority will be given to schools that have not attended a Language Enrichment Event in previous years.

Places will be allocated after the closing date of Friday 14th November 2014.

Foreign Language Spelling Bee

North West Regional Final

Wednesday 18th March 2015

Manchester Metropolitan University

Winners of the school-wide Spelling Bee competitions for Year 7 will join us for the North West Regional Spelling Bee Final on Wednesday 18th March 2015.

The competition will be held at Manchester Metropolitan University and will see the region's top spellers in French, German and Spanish competing for a place in the National Final (to be held in July 2015).

More details to follow.

Christmas Languages Fair (Years 12 and 13)

Wednesday 3rd December 2014

10.00am – 2.30pm

University of Liverpool

The event is aimed at sixth form students, who currently study French, Spanish or German for their A levels. It is designed to motivate the students to continue their language studies at university, either as a main degree or as an additional subject to other degrees. The pupils will get an opportunity to practice their languages, talk to language students, explore their career options and experience a variety of cultures in a relaxed, fun setting.
 

Thursday 5th February 2015

10.00am – 2.30pm

Manchester Metropolitan University

The Film and Culture Event (FACE) is open to language students in Years 10 and 11. It is designed to highlight the benefits of learning languages through a Careers and Languages talk and to show the fun way in which languages can be taught with a Languages and Film session. Other activities will include two language taster sessions to highlight the diverse range of language study options available at a higher level.

The aim of the event is to boost students’ enthusiasm for language learning so that they continue with their languages to A Level and beyond. The event is an excellent opportunity to show language students the variety of languages on offer and a range of fun ways they can learn languages.

This event has a charge of £5 per pupil to cover some of the costs.

Funded by Routes into Languages NW.

Projector: Spanish AS/A2 Study Day – Maria y el Arana

Thursday 5th March 2015

10:30 - 15:00

Recommended for AS/ A2 and equivalent level Spanish

£6 per student, 158 places

As part of Cornerhouse’s ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival, we will be running two study mornings for Spanish school and college groups. Further information on the films will be published early 2015.

Spanish sessions will be led by Carmen Herrero, Head of Spanish at Manchester Metropolitan University and Ana Valbuena, Spanish Language Tutor at the Instituto Cervantes in Manchester.

Projector is a collaboration project between Routes into Languages NW and Cornerhouse Manchester. This is a year-round education programme, which uses film, moving image and contemporary art to enrich students’ learning and bring innovation to the classroom. Throughout the year we have a variety of MFL study sessions specially programmed to support GCSE students of French, German, Spanish and Urdu, all led by native language speakers.

Each of our study sessions use film as an exciting and accessible way to encourage students to use their language skills. Students will enjoy a specially selected film, screened in the target language with English subtitles. Sessions are supported by contextualising introductions, which provide information about the themes and characters of the film along with information about the film's director and place within film history and culture. Following the film, students complete language exercises based on the film using their new vocabulary.

Films are selected to complement GCSE specifications and provide excellent material for topic-based work and oral exam preparation.

http://www.cornerhouse.org/education/education-events/spanish-asa2-study-day-maria-y-el-arana