Welcome to Our Languages
The Our Languages project ran from 2007-2009. Please note that this website is no longer maintained. Content and links in this section, including linked pages, may be out of date.
We promote community languages teaching and learning through partnerships between complementary and mainstream schools.
The 'Our Languages' project supports community languages teaching and learning and aims to encourage community cohesion, celebrate pupil achievement and promote plurilingualism. Regional partnerships across England involve schools in the project in a variety of activities. We also provide information on accreditation, community language provision in your local area as well as current research, events and links related to community languages education. See 'About Us' for more information.
Latest news
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Threlford Memorial Cup
The Our Languages project has been awarded the Chartered Institute of Linguists Threlford Memorial Cup, in recognition of the excellent work it has been doing in fostering the study of languages in the UK.
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Urdu students - your help is required!
GCSE and A-Level students, and their parents, are being asked to complete a survey that will help towards the development of a new degree course at the University of Manchester.
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Learning early is key to foreign language fluency
A study by an academic at the Collegium de Lyon in France has found that it is a “myth” that young children get confused if faced with the prospect of learning more than one language from a young age.
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Teach ethnic minority children languages outside of school, suggests report
Learning their community language outside the home enhances the development of children from minority ethnic groups, according to research led by the University of Birmingham...
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Primary Languages Direct: The Intercultural Dimension
Primary Languages Direct is CILT's ezine for anyone involved in primary languages. The most recent issue highlights the Intercultural Understanding strand of the Key Stage 2 Framework for Languages.
What's new
Case studies
Featured case studies on the Our Languages website
Several case studies covering a range of backgrounds and routes to QTS - including the PGCE, OTTP, and the GTP - are available to view here.
Our Languages E-conference analyses
An overview and detailed analyses of the 2008 and 2009 Our Languages E-conferences, aimed to capture the "learner voice" on important issues surrounding language learning, are now available to download and view here.
Information for parents
Community Languages can enhance your child's education. Looking for a community language class for your child? Interested in how accreditation works?Information for parents: Find out more
