December 2015

An overview of updates from local authorities at recent COALA meetings.
East Ayrshire (November 2015 meeting)
An overview of East Ayrshire's current work to implement the 1+2 approach. All primary schools in East Ayrshire will be implementing French as L2, except for two schools which have chosen German A primary language framework was designed last year to cover P1-P7 and the P1 planner has been implemen...

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Glasgow City Council (August 2015 meeting)
It’s been a busy session so far in Glasgow for language learning and teaching. We are currently running Primary Language Learning French, Spanish, Italian, German and we start Urdu in the new year. We have also been doing training for early years teachers and child development officers. We have nine...

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Further local authority updates

Thank you to the following local authorities for sharing how they are implementing the 1+2 approach.

Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen City Council Education and Children Services Directorate opted for a strategic approach to implementing the 1+2 approach. The choice of L2 wa...

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Edinburgh City Council French immersion weekend
In March, 45 primary school teachers from across Edinburgh took part in City of Edinburgh’s first ever French immersion weekend hosted at the Institut...

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Edinburgh City Council Higher Spanish for teachers
In an innovative take on CLPL, a group of City of Edinburgh teachers have this year embarked on a Higher Spanish course. The Higher Spanish class is m...

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Edinburgh City Council Volunteer Language Assistants
The City of Edinburgh 1+2 team has been working in partnership with Edinburgh University Student Association (EUSA) to help support language learning ...

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North Ayrshire
North Ayrshire 1+2 development officers send regular email newsletters to primary colleagues to support them in the implementation of the 1+2 approach...

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Pan Tayside
The Pan Tayside approach involves three authorities: Dundee City Council, Angus Council and Perth and Kinross Council, working together to implement l...

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Welcome to the new and improved autumn/winter 2015 edition of SCILT’s 1+2 newsletter.

Earlier this year we asked you how the 1+2 newsletter was being used and whether there was any room for us to improve its content and delivery. We’re very grateful for the ideas and suggestions we received and hopefully everyone will approve of the changes we’ve made.

You told us that the 1+2 newsletter is widely found to be useful and that you like the electronic format. Readers also commented that they valued notifications of recent, relevant publications so we have endeavoured to continue to provide them. It was suggested that it would be helpful to include a calendar of forthcoming events and publications, so we are currently considering the best ways of developing this.

In light of the information you gave us about its usefulness, we have reconsidered the section on local authority news. You told us that you would like a forum to share good practice and ideas and with this in mind, we’ve invited contributions from various local authorities that aim to share some of the 1+2 development work they’ve been undertaking.

We very much hope that you’ll see the 1+2 newsletter as a useful means of communication and source of information. If you have any further ideas that you think we could incorporate, then please let the SCILT team know.

Fhiona Fisher, Director

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Research supporting the implementation of the 1+2 approach
Are you aware that in addition to our termly newsletter we also publish peer-reviewed articles in our online journal, the Scottish Languages Review? There are a number of articles of direct relevance to the implementation of 1+2 in our last two issues: Issue 29 - Spring/Summer 2015 In this edition...

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SCILT publishes case study on language learning at Corseford School
Recommendation nine in Language learning in Scotland: A 1+2 Approach states that, 'language learning be recognised as an entitlement for all young people through to the end of their broad general education, S1 to S3' (Scottish Government, 2012: 41).A case study illustrating how staff, learners,...

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SCILT publishes two new leaflets to promote language learning
Two new leaflets from SCILT will be powerful tools for language teachers, Support for Learning colleagues and senior management, and they will equip you with the information you need to convince parents that language learning really is for all!Making languages count for my child promotes the entitle...

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‘Choose a Classic!’ Latin or Classical Greek as an L3 opportunity
The Iris Project is currently providing volunteers to teach Latin as an L3 in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fife. These volunteers are undergraduate or postgraduate Classics students who commit to a weekly teaching slot during which they teach literacy through Latin language and Classical mythology. Classe...

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Education Scotland update
In 2015 Education Scotland produced further guidance on L3; Experiences and Outcomes at first level and senior phase case studies (linking the 1+2 approach to uptake in senior phase). We also added a review of another pilot school; published a revised version of modern languages Principles and Pract...

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German language upskilling courses for primary teachers
In October 2015 specialist teachers of German attended a Train the Trainer seminar at the Goethe-Institut in preparation for their tutoring roles in a German language upskilling programme for primary teachers. After the successful recruitment of trainers, the Goethe-Institut supported 1+2 developme...

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School visits with ‘Felix und Franzi’, the Germany play rug and the German outdoors workshop
The free course materials ‘Deutsch mit Felix und Franzi’ are proving very popular with primary children and their teachers. The cute hand puppets have even made it onto children’s Christmas wish lists! As teachers are becoming more familiar with the materials, they are discovering the benefits of th...

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SIG business sub group
The big messages of Language Learning in Scotland: A 1+2 approach are really about the kind of children and young people we are developing in our schools; the skills, attitudes and attributes we want them to possess and the kind of country and society in which we want them to grow up. 1+2 is much mo...

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Updates from LFEE Europe
LFEE Europe is supporting the implementation of 'Language learning in Scotland: A 1+2 approach' in Scottish schools through a range of professional learning opportunities for teachers. PLL training news LFEE Europe has been delivering Primary Language Learning (PLL) training courses to schools and...

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A listing of events of interest to 1+2 language practitioners in Scotland. Our Events calendar has full details and further language-related events in Scotland and further afield.
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