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Modern Languages in Primary Education

This document summarizes Natalia López Zamarvide's study visit to modern foreign language programs in primary classrooms in Carlisle, England from June 17-21, 2013. Some of the key points covered include: 1) Teacher training in England uses a blended system of on-campus and workplace learning. 2) Teaching assistants have been introduced to provide support but are paid less than teachers. 3) While attitudes toward language learning are improving, foreign languages like French, Spanish, and German are still optional in primary schools and only required through 8th grade.

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Modern Languages in Primary Education

This document summarizes Natalia López Zamarvide's study visit to modern foreign language programs in primary classrooms in Carlisle, England from June 17-21, 2013. Some of the key points covered include: 1) Teacher training in England uses a blended system of on-campus and workplace learning. 2) Teaching assistants have been introduced to provide support but are paid less than teachers. 3) While attitudes toward language learning are improving, foreign languages like French, Spanish, and German are still optional in primary schools and only required through 8th grade.

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STUDY VISIT MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THE PRIMARY CLASSROOM (Carlisle, 17th-21st June 2013)

Natalia Lpez Zamarvide CIFE Juan de Lanuza, Zaragoza

University of Cumbria- teacher training


Blended system:
1. on campus (Lecture theatres + One-to-one tuition)

2. on the workplace

Reflective practice Learning being on the job vs. being an apprentice

Schoolsdirect programme

the school gets the students and then sends them to University

Teaching assistants

introduced in Britain in the last 10 years


Teaching assistants: much lower salary than a teacher (but much less responsibility, no meetings) Minimum requirements: GCSE (Maths and English), but many of them, graduates and postgraduates

MFL in the UK- 2014


Britain-negative attitude towards languages


Teaching carried out by class teachers, (sometimes secondary school teachers-not Primary school specialists) Primary languages teachers...isolated...not really understood by rest of colleagues, languages not really a priority challenge for Universities: promotion of PML specialism

by September 2014

Statutory for KS 1 (4-year-olds) Compulsory KS 2 (11-14)

After 14, not compulsory

Time allocation for MFL. 30-60 mins a week Most popular languages:
1. French

2. Spanish
3. German

It might be a different language each year

Future for MFL?


http://www.theguardian.com/teachernetwork/2013/sep/04/primary-languagelearning-teaching-future?CMP=twt_gu

Norman Street School

http://www.sweetcounter.co.uk/playground-pictures-c-30.html (playground pictures)

Pennine Way

Liverpool Hope University


Comenius Project- Primary CLIL
PROJECT: PML primary modern languages specialism

Undergraduates spend 1 year abroad, and then 4 weeks in a school in the country of the language they're teaching, to learn about classroom language, educational system.

Primary Languages website (link to KS2 Framework for Languages) http://www.primarylanguages.org.uk/policy__research/policy_and_reform/key_stage_2_framework.aspx

CLIL4teachers http://clil4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/8427859/FrontPage

CLIL national statement (UK) http://www.languagescompany.com/images/stories/docs/news/clil_national_statement_and_guidelines.pdf

CumbriaCLIL http://www.cumbriaclil.com/

Emilangues http://www.emilangues.education.fr/

Association for Language Learning http://www.all-languages.org.uk/

The Languages Company http://www.languagescompany.com/

University of Cumbria http://www.cumbria.ac.uk/AboutUs/News/Articles/201213/June/PR1252.aspx

Liverpool Hope University http://www.hope.ac.uk/lifeathope/welcome/

Pennine Way school http://www.pennineway.cumbria.sch.uk/

Norman Street school http://www.normanst.cumbria.sch.uk/

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