Parental PolyglotsLinking Language classrooms with the community

Factors contributing to low interest

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Factors contributing to low interest

Factors contributing to low interest

Factors contributing to low interest

Factors contributing to low interest

Meet the parents

Initial idea : stimulating student demand (NALSSP)

Birth of Parental Polyglots

Parental Polyglots: Language courses for parents

Aims

to enhance the support provided by parents to language learners and to build parental support which is often pivotal for the sustained delivery of the language by the school.

to expose parents to how languages are taught in the 21st century.

to enable parents to provide modelling to their children thus making language learning a valued endeavour.

Who could apply?

Schools with an existing Languages program

What did the grant cover?

Funding was made available to support the implementation and delivery of regular language courses for the parents/caregivers of students attending the school.

Information to be provided by applicants

How will you evaluate the impact of this activity on parental involvement with their child’s language learning and/or attitude towards continuity in language learning?

Number of schools which offered PP courses

Asian languages Non-Asian languages

3 8

Asian languages Non-Asian languages

9 14

2010

2011

Survey Questions to Parents

How did you feel about learning languages before attending this course?

Has your opinion changed since then?

What, in your opinion, were some of the best things about doing this course?

What the teachers say…

‘We set up a class wiki for the parents to use at home…’

http://assaggini.wikispaces.com

‘We set up a class wiki for the parents to use at home…’

http://assaggini.wikispaces.com

Mr Q.

Contact DetailsGhislaine Barbe

Education Consultant, Languages K-12

Level 12, 99 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Phone (02) 9299 2845 Fax (02) 9290 2274

Web aisnsw.edu.au Email gbarbe@aisnsw.edu.au

ABN 96 003 509 073