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 July
2009
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PRIMARY
Event/Title: French Improvers day for primary teachers
A one-day course offering primary teachers with a basic
knowledge of French, the opportunity to refresh their language skills
for the classroom.
Course Code: PR07
Outcomes:
• To build confidence in your use of basic vocabulary,
phrases and pronunciation
in the target language;
• To experience a range of innovative and practical ideas
to enrich KS2 within the context of KS2 non-statutory framework
for MFL.
Date: July 2 2009
Speaker: Tbc
Venue: Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Click here
for a programme and here
(pdf 438kb) for a registration form.
Event/Title: Languages Wales
The fifth annual CILT Cymru conference and exhibition
Course code: GE01
Themes:
• Aiming for Excellence in MFL
• Developing thinking skills in the MFL classroom
• Primary MFL: getting started
• Widening access to MFL - 14-19 Learning Pathways
• New AS/A levels for MFL
• New GCSE for MFL
• Mandarin Chinese in Wales
• The international dimension and MFL
Date: July 3 2009
Speakers: Various speakers including Steffan
James (ESTYN), Emily Daly, MFL and International dimension adviser,
Cardiff LEA, speakers from the Confucius Institute including many
more.
Venue: Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Conference fees: £110.00 (including lunch & refreshments),
discount for Compact schools: £55.00, student rate: £40.00
Early bird discounts: Book before June 12th 2009
and receive a discount of 10% on the above price, making the day
rate £99.00. No further discounts apply on Compact and student
rates.
Please click here
for a programme and here
(pdf file 441kb) for further details and to register.
PRIMARY
Event/Title: KS2 Roadshow – “Getting Started”
with primary modern foreign languages
A one-day course aimed at secondary and primary non-specialist
teachers, showing how the teaching of a modern foreign language
can effectively be incorporated into the primary school curriculum
and can really enhance school transition arrangements.
Course Code: PR02
Outcomes:
• To share good practice in primary languages / transition;
• To experience a range of innovative and practical ideas
to enrich KS2;
• To familiarise practitioners with the new KS2 non-statutory
framework for MFL.
Date: July 7 2009
Speaker: Carolyn Goodwin and Sian Holleran,
Primary Language Teaching Advisers, CILT Cymru
Venue: The Media Resource Centre, Llandrindod
Wells
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 389kb) for a registration form.
Event/Title: Creative use of ICT in the
languages classroom
A one-day course designed to give language teachers the
know-how to use interactive web-based activities, and to use and
create audio and video materials.
Course Code: SC01
Outcomes:
• To create interactive language games using free,
web-based software
• To create, edit and use audio and video files
• To use advanced features of PowerPoint, such as triggers,
inserting audio and video, action buttons and drag and drop.
Date: July 9 2009
Speaker: Martin Bowen-Jones, Head of MFL, Llanishen
High School
Venue: Howardian Teachers’ Centre, Cardiff
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Click here
for a programme and here
(pdf 342kb) for a registration form
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August
2009
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September
2009
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Event/Title: Opening Doors: Languages in
Wales and the World
Course Code: SC30
This free one-day conference for year 11-13 students of
MFL will demonstrate the benefits of continuing with MFL to AS Level,
A2, University and beyond.
Outcomes:
• To gain an understanding of the importance of languages
in a variety of workplaces.
• To use and develop their language skills to meet and exchange
experiences with other young linguists.
• To gain an understanding of what language learning can involve
at university level.
• To broaden their language learning skills with
a taster session in an unfamiliar language.
Date: September 18 2009
Speakers: University teaching staff and language
students, speakers from the public and private sectors, Erasmus
students and staff from the Widening Access Network
Venue: Bangor University
Fee: Free (to include buffet lunch &
refreshments)
(a fee of £7.50 will be charged for participants who have
registered but who don't turn up on the day)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 417kb) for a registration form.
Event/Title: Exploring the new National
Curriculum for MFL – ‘to boldly go beyond the pencil
case’!
A one-day course exploring the creative opportunities offered
by the new National Curriculum.
Course Code: SC04
Outcomes:
• To explore new strategies to develop pupils’
learning skills in the context of the new NC
• To develop strategies to maximise inclusion and increase
motivation for pupils of all abilities
• To explore new contexts within which MFL can be taught at
KS3
Date: September 23 2009
Speakers: Ciara Brennan and Kristina Hedges,
Language Teaching Advisers, CILT Cymru
Venue: CILT Cymru, Cardiff Bay
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 380kb) for a registration form.
Event/Title: Exploring the new National
Curriculum for MFL – ‘to boldly go beyond the pencil
case’!
Course Code: SC05
A one-day course exploring the creative opportunities offered
by the new National Curriculum.
Outcomes:
• To explore new strategies to develop pupils’
learning skills in the context of the new NC
• To develop strategies to maximise inclusion and increase
motivation for pupils of all abilities
• To explore new contexts within which MFL can be taught at
KS3
Date: September 24 2009
Speakers: Ciara Brennan and Kristina Hedges,
Language Teaching Advisers, CILT Cymru
Venue: Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 380kb) for a registration form.
Event/Title: Opening Doors: Languages in
Wales and the World
Course Code: SC31
This free one-day conference for year 11-13 students of
MFL will demonstrate the benefits of continuing with MFL to AS Level,
A2, University and beyond.
Outcomes:
• To gain an understanding of the importance of languages
in a variety of workplaces.
• To use and develop their language skills to meet and exchange
experiences with other young linguists.
• To gain an understanding of what language learning can involve
at university level.
• To broaden their language learning skills with
a taster session in an unfamiliar language.
Date: September 28 2009
Speakers: University teaching staff and language
students, speakers from the public and private sectors, Erasmus
students and staff from the Widening Access Network
Venue: Aberystwyth University
Fee: Free (to include buffet lunch & refreshments)
(a fee of £7.50 will be charged for participants who have
registered but who don't turn up on the day)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 417kb) for a registration form.
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October
2009
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Event/Title: French course for AS/A Level teachers in French
A course, delivered in French, allowing participants to recharge
their linguistic batteries, whilst at the same time updating their
knowledge about topical cultural issues.
Course Code: SC18
Outcomes:
• To spend a day immersed in French
• To develop cultural knowledge of current issues
• To explore effective ways of building linguistic progression
into work on current issues
Date: October 13 2009
Speakers: Pierre Codron, Fitzalan High School,
Cardiff
Venue: CILT Cymru, Cardiff Bay
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 323kb) for a registration form.
Event/Title: French course for AS/A Level teachers in French
A course, delivered in French, allowing participants to recharge
their linguistic batteries, whilst at the same time updating their
knowledge about topical cultural issues.
Course Code: SC19
Outcomes:
• To spend a day immersed in French
• To develop cultural knowledge of current issues
• To explore effective ways of building linguistic progression
into work on current issues
Date: October 21 2009
Speakers: Martine Pillette, independant language
consultant & Pierre Codron, Fitzalan High School, Cardiff
Venue: Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 323kb) for a registration form.
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November
2009
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PRIMARY Event/Title:
KS2 Roadshow – “Getting Started” with primary
modern foreign languages
A one-day course aimed at secondary and primary non-specialist
teachers, showing how the teaching of a modern foreign language
can effectively be incorporated into the primary school curriculum
and can really enhance school transition arrangements.
Course Code: PR03
Outcomes:
• To share good practice in primary languages / transition;
• To experience a range of innovative and practical ideas
to enrich KS2;
• To familiarise practitioners with the new KS2 non-statutory
framework for MFL.
Date: November 3 2009
Speaker: Carolyn Goodwin and Sian Holleran,
Primary Language Teaching Advisers, CILT Cymru
Venue: Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 389kb) for a registration form.
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December
2009
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Event/Title: Assessment for Learning in
MFL
A one-day course exploring what Assessment for Learning means
(and doesn’t mean) in modern foreign languages.
Course Code: SC10
Outcomes:
• To develop an understanding of how AfL techniques can improve
pupils’ learning and achievement
• To develop innovative use of AfL techniques to develop pupil
independence and progression in all skills
• To enable teachers to reduce the burden of formal assessment
on themselves and their pupils
Date: December 2 2009
Speaker: Ciara Brennan and Kristina Hedges,
Language Teaching Advisers,
CILT Cymru
Venue: Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 328kb) for a registration form.
Event/Title: Assessment for Learning in
MFL
A one-day course exploring what Assessment for Learning means (and
doesn’t mean) in modern foreign languages.
Course Code: SC11
Outcomes:
• To develop an understanding of how AfL techniques can improve
pupils’ learning and achievement
• To develop innovative use of AfL techniques to develop pupil
independence and progression in all skills
• To enable teachers to reduce the burden of formal assessment
on themselves and their pupils
Date: December 3 2009
Speaker: Ciara Brennan and Kristina Hedges,
Language Teaching Advisers, CILT Cymru
Venue: CILT Cymru, Cardiff Bay
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 328kb) for a registration form.
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January
2010
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No events
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February
2010
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March
2010
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Event/Title: Reach for the stars - stretching
the more able and talented learner in MFL
Course Code: SC06
A one day course for language teachers, exploring ways to
get the most from learners in languages
Outcomes:
• To develop strategies which raise the cognitive
challenge within language lessons to cater for more able and talented
learners
• To explore the creative use of IC to facilitate progression
in all skills
• To examine case studies and consider opportunities to maximise
pupils' achievement.
Date: March 10 2010
Speakers: Ciara Brennan and Kristina Hedges,
Language Teaching Advisers, CILT Cymru
Venue: Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and
refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 383kb) for a registration form.
Event/Title: Reach for the stars - stretching
the more able and talented learner in MFL
Course Code: SC07
A one day course for language teachers, exploring ways to
get the most from learners in languages
Outcomes:
• To develop strategies which raise the cognitive
challenge within language lessons to cater for more able and talented
learners
• To explore the creative use of IC to facilitate progression
in all skills
• To examine case studies and consider opportunities to maximise
pupils' achievement.
Date: March 11 2010
Speakers: Ciara Brennan and Kristina Hedges,
Language Teaching Advisers, CILT Cymru
Venue: Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and
refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 383kb) for a registration form.
Event/Title: Spanish Improvement session
for teachers
Course Code: SC24
A one-day course provided by the Spanish Embassy Education
Office for teachers of Spanish at KS2, 3 and 4 who have a basic
knowledge of Spanish, but would like to improve.
Outcomes:
• To develop participants’ confidence and fluency
in Spanish
• To develop cultural knowledge of current issues
Date: March 12, 2010
Speaker: from the Consejería de Educación
Venue: North Wales, tbc
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and
refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 328kb) for a registration form.
PRIMARY Event/Title:
KS2 Roadshow – “Getting Started” with primary
modern foreign languages
A one-day course aimed at secondary and primary non-specialist
teachers, showing how the teaching of a modern foreign language
can effectively be incorporated into the primary school curriculum
and can really enhance school transition arrangements.
Course Code: PR04
Outcomes:
• To share good practice in primary languages / transition;
• To experience a range of innovative and practical ideas
to enrich KS2;
• To familiarise practitioners with the new KS2 non-statutory
framework for MFL.
Date: March 16 2010
Speakers: Carolyn Goodwin and Sian Holleran,
Primary Language Teaching Advisers, CILT Cymru
Venue: CILT Cymru Offices, Cardiff
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 389kb) for a registration form.
PRIMARY Event/Title:
KS2 Roadshow – “Getting Started” with primary
modern foreign languages
A one-day course aimed at secondary and primary non-specialist
teachers, showing how the teaching of a modern foreign language
can effectively be incorporated into the primary school curriculum
and can really enhance school transition arrangements.
Course Code: PR05
Outcomes:
• To share good practice in primary languages / transition;
• To experience a range of innovative and practical ideas
to enrich KS2;
• To familiarise practitioners with the new KS2 non-statutory
framework for MFL.
Date: March 18 2010
Speakers: Carolyn Goodwin and Sian Holleran,
Primary Language Teaching Advisers, CILT Cymru
Venue: Technium OpTIK, St Asaph
Fee: £100 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Student fee: £30 (to include buffet lunch and refreshments)
Full programme to follow, click here
(pdf 389kb) for a registration form.
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April
2010
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May
2010
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June
2010
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Other
Forthcoming Events
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Event/Title: MFL and Careers
Date: Through appointment
Target Audience: Year 9, or post-16
Speaker: CILT Cymru officer
Venues: All around Wales, by arrangement with CILT Cymru
Fee: Free
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