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Promoting the study of languages in the South East through school-university partnerships: the Aimhigher Kent and Medway Languages Project
Matilde Gallardo - 17 June 2009
The Aimhigher Kent and Medway Languages Project was initiated in 2005 as a response to the growing concern about falling numbers of students choosing languages at GCSE and continuing with post-compulsory language study in an area (the Thames Gateway and the Channel area) where demographic changes and the proximity to the rest of Europe makes international opportunities relevant to its economic regeneration. The aim was to raise awareness of the potential of language learning and the importance of intercultural awareness among KS3 students in Aimhigher schools by increasing motivation and self-confidence through a programme of activities including interactive workshops and online social learning platforms. It also aims to raise aspirations and understanding of progression and careers in MFL among students and their families. The project is currently led by the Open University in the South East under the Aimhigher consortium, in collaboration with the University of Kent and eleven schools in Kent and Medway.
This paper describes a number of initiatives developed by the project, the results achieved so far, and the findings of the research into language perceptions that has been carried out in partner schools. The Languages Project aims to create a model which can be replicated elsewhere.
Keeping up the good work: the motivational profiles of students in secondary and higher education
Ulrike Bavendiek - 1 June 2009
With the transition from school to Higher Education students are expected to adapt to a new learning environment and to new demands and expectations. As a consequence, during their first year in a Modern Languages Department some learners may have problems learning the language efficiently. They may either be unaware of the new demands, or have difficulties learning in the new situation. Based on the changes in the learning situation caused by the transition from school to university, I shall use a single case study in order to describe some possible negative effects of a mismatch between institutional and students' expectations on the motivational disposition of the students.
Keep Talking
- 24 February 2007
Researching 'Languages Work': Why don't teenagers pick languages?
Teresa Tinsley - 19 January 2005
Widening horizons: Charting progress the Aston way
Nigel Reeves and Annie Bannerman - 18 January 2005
Bridging the Gap: University of Manchester
Julie Lawton and Annie Morton and Thomas Despositos and Susana Lorenzo and Elena Polisca - 18 January 2005
Arousing an interest in school students for the take up of "new" languages at university: the ATLAS project
- 18 January 2005
Undergraduate Language programmes: A personal perspective
Jill Llewellyn Williams - 12 January 2005
LATCOF: Lessons from a secondary/sixth-form - HE consultative forum for language teachers
Jocelyn Wyburd and Elinor Chicken and John Doherty - 11 January 2005
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