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LANGUAGESALL AROUND
YOU!
Consolato Generale d’Italia.
Ufficio Scolastico
¡LOS IDIOMAS ESTÁN A TU ALREDEDOR!
FREMDSPRACHEN AN JEDEM ORT!
LE LINGUE INTORNO A TE!
LE LANGUES AUTOUR DE TOI!
Piloting
Consolato Generale d’Italia.
Ufficio Scolastico
LANGUAGES ALL AROUND
YOU!
The following schools took part in the pilot phase of this resource: Carrick Knowe Primary School, City of Edinburgh (Myra Thomson)Blackhall Primary School, City of Edinburgh (Catherine Cullen)Balmuidy Primary School, East Dunbartonshire Council (Linda Kay)Cramond Primary School, City of Edinburgh (Catherine Cullen)Holycross Primary School, North Lanarkshire (Monia Pacitti)Machanhill Primary School, South Lanarkshire Council (Sandy Todd)St. Clares Drumchapel, Glasgow City Council (Mark Maguire)St. Joachim’s Primary School, Glasgow City Council (Mark Young)St. John’s Vianney Primary School, City of Edinburgh (Simonetta Ortese)St. Mary's Primary School, West Dunbartonshire Council (Clare Donnelly)St. Michael Primary School, North Lanarkshire (Monia Pacitti)
Feedback from piloting schools
1. Content and length• “The content and length of the booklet are fine as a base
unit to dip into” • “Good content and just about the right length” • “Very stimulating and interesting; challenging. Appropriate
length”• “Useful content, both in a linguistic context but also
encompassing other areas of the curriculum”
Consolato Generale d’Italia.
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LANGUAGES ALL AROUND
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BOOKLET
2. Target group
P6 and P7. They coped well with it.
• “We tried it further down the school to get a comparison and found that from P.3 they really engaged with it. The unit on food and drink was a particularly popular one”
• “It could also be used with P5 or S1/S2 successfully”
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LANGUAGES ALL AROUND
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BOOKLET
3. Usefulness for your particular context
German• “Raising pupil awareness of the diversity of cultures and
languages with which they regularly engage”Spanish
• “It was good to dip into and give another “real context” and “application” for language learning”
Italian• “Useful before starting to learn a new language. Promotes
reflection” French• “Units 1 and 2 great starting points for starting foreign languages”
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UNITS
• Time spent with each unit
Units 1- 2 20-30 minutesUnits 3- 4 30-45 minutesUnits 5- 6 30-45 minutes
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UNITS
• Engaging for students
Units 1- 2 Very engagingUnits 3- 4 EngagingUnits 5- 6 Very engaging
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UNITS
• Other observed information about usefulness of materials
Units 1- 2 acknowledgment and admiration for bi/trilingual children in classes
Units 3- 4 potential to generate other learning activities: we enjoyed learning some Urdu
Units 5- 6 5 (Food) easy and interesting, 6 (Sport) easy for boys
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NUMBERS
• 11 Schools (Central Belt mainly)
• P6 / P7 pupils
• Age 10/12
• Roughly equal numbers boys - girls.
• 25 classes approx.
• 500 pupils approx.
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THE PUPILS SAID…
Some thoughts, reflections and voices
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I presumed most countries spoke
English!
“I was aware of other people speaking
languages but I didn’ t think really about it. ”
“I learned that words from other countries are used daily in my
house ”
“My favourite sports star
speaks a different language”
“My car is a foreign car!”
“My perfume is foreign!”“Important people can
speak different languages”
“I would like to learn a modern
language”
“There are people in our school who speak different
languages”
THE PUPILS SAID…
Some thoughts, reflections and voices
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VIELEN DANK!
THANK YOU!
¡GRACIAS!
GRAZIE!
MERCI!
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¡LOS IDIOMAS ESTÁN A TU ALREDEDOR!
