March 2017

All change! Save the date!
SCILT and Education Scotland's leadership programme has been revised and renamed. Formerly known as Train the Trainer, the all-new 1+2 Languages Leadership Programme starts with a summer school at the University of Strathclyde's city centre campus in Glasgow, running from Monday 3 July to Friday 7 ...

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L3 resources for Chinese
In order to support the implementation of the 1+2 Approach in Scottish schools, CISS has focused on developing a variety of resources for Chinese. The latest L3 materials can be used to support the introduction of Chinese as L3 by using stimulating, cultural contexts, whilst carefully building in pr...

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Education Scotland update on benchmarks
The benchmarks for modern languages were developed to provide clarity on the national standards expected at each curriculum level. They set out clear lines of progression from first to fourth levels. Their purpose is to make clear what learners need to know and be able to do to progress through the ...

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LFEE Europe and Le Français en Ecosse updates
Chers collègues Is this the end of the school year? Incroyable comme le temps passe! And a busy 2016-2017 it has been… Our French, Spanish and German tutors have been running the Primary Language Learning (PLL) programme this year for Fife, South Lanarkshire and East Lothian Councils and over 50...

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Professional learning opportunities from Institut français d'Ecosse
Institut français d'Ecosse is launching a new intensive course which will be of interest to teachers. This 15 hour course will take place over three days from 8 to 10 August 2017, from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm. Five levels are on offer: Complete beginners Beginning of A2 A2+ B1+ B2+ GTC...

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Scottish Government: Update on Strategic Implementation Group
The Strategic Implementation Group (SIG) was established in 2013 to develop an engagement strategy and oversee delivery of the 1+2 policy commitment. The SIG met 16 May 2017 in Stirling. At this meeting, Laurence Findlay replaced Bruce Robertson as Co-Chair of the group, representing ADES. The oth...

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A listing of events of interest to 1+2 language practitioners in Scotland. See SCILT's events calendar for full details as well as for more language-related events in Scotland and further afield.
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Thank you to the following local authorities for sharing how they are implementing the 1+2 approach.
1+2 continues apace in South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire primary teachers continue to show tremendous commitment to the development of the 1+2 Approach with more than 200 additional teachers completing training in French, German or Spanish. This year we have had a wider variety of courses available, including our first blended learning c...

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1+2 language learning in East Ayrshire
In February 2017, East Ayrshire produced a document to raise awareness of the work being done to implement the 1+2 Approach across the local authority, ‘A quick word about 1+2 language learning in East Ayrshire’. The document includes information on key developments to date as well as success storie...

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Aberdeen City update
Training is ongoing for Aberdeen City Council primary teachers. We offer twilight language and methodology classes and this term we have added a new opportunity. Working in partnership with our colleagues from Aberdeen University under the umbrella of the newly formed branch of the Institut Françai...

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East Dunbartonshire update
In order to upskill primary teachers in teaching French, East Dunbartonshire is using LFEE Europe CLPL resources and support. This has involved three sets of training – two for beginners and one for intermediate learners. Both beginners’ courses involved five days of training each, and the intermedi...

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East Renfrewshire update
Languages are alive and kicking in East Renfrewshire! This session we launched an Innovation Fund to allow schools to bid for money to support the learning and teaching of languages in schools. Schools were very creative with their bids and it has led to some interesting and exciting learning opport...

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Glasgow City update
1+2 has been very much at the forefront of CLPL for staff this session and we are getting to the end of another very successful set of Primary Language Learning for French, Spanish and Italian. Over 100 primary teachers have been trained in language and methodology from P1-7. We have also had severa...

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North Ayrshire update
This year has seen an acceleration of teachers and pupils embracing languages as their confidence begins to gather pace. Staff are keen to learn more and are enrolling on the following training sessions:fast track French and Spanish: 14-week course covering Y1-7 in our 1+2 Framework French/Span...

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PanTayside: Partnerships with parents
Inverbrothock Primary in Arbroath, Angus, has been working hard to extend its open door policy to parents and carers. Last year, we started sharing our learning during class assemblies, when we invited parents and carers to come and watch, and these have been very well attended. I am a Principal T...

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