Welcome to Our Languages
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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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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Curriculum: Languages - Grasping new skills
Teaching a new language alongside primary pupils’ first and second languages can create a multilingual environment that breeds self- confidence.
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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.
Upcoming events
- 21 FEBRUARY 2010
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International Mother Language Day 2010
International Mother Language Day takes place every year on 21 February.
- 25 FEBRUARY 2010
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Teach Arabic... the creative way
The seminar includes: Technology and E- Learning, the Creative Use of Traditional Performances, Practical Cross- Curricular Activities, Assessment and New GCSE& A Level.
There will be lunch and drinks available and a chance to network, share resources and explore new publications.
- 03 MARCH 2010
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Reaching out: the best in sustainable partnerships
Delegates will learn about current best practice, and will receive guidance and information on implementing the three strands of the community outreach programme: primary, secondary and wider community, including business engagement.
The conference will be informative, relevant and motivational for all schools wishing to address community cohesion, ECM and the personalisation agenda.
What's new
Edexcel is recruiting Examiners for GCEs and GCSEs in Modern Languages
We have vacancies for languages examiners and moderators to work part-time during the 2010 exams series. We would like to hear from you if you have a degree, a teaching qualification and experience of teaching one of the following languages at either GCE or GCSE level:
Arabic; Bengali; Chinese; French; German; Italian; Japanese; Modern Greek; Russian; Spanish; Urdu
Case studies
New case studies go live on the Our Languages website!
Several new case studies covering a range of backgrounds and routes to QTS - including the PGCE, OTTP, and the GTP - are now 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
