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Co-ordination

Work with parents

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Language Colleges have a key role in the recently published National Languages Strategy, which announced the Government's plans to develop Modern Foreign Language (MFL) capability in the primary sector.

Early Start Languages work with many Language Colleges to help make MFL within the primary curriculum practical, effective and enjoyable.

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Support for non-specialist class teachers

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language learning

EARLY START's video based starter packs for young learners are recognised by the ELL Badging Scheme to offer "...particularly strong support for the non-specialist teacher..."

ELL is a DfEE initiative managed by CILT, working in partnership with QCA, BECTa, the Central Bureau, the TTA, OFSTED and the Association for Language Learning.

Many primary schools have already found the EARLY START video-packs an ideal way to introduce a foreign language to their curriculum - so Language Colleges don't need to re-invent the wheel!

The EARLY START primary course materials provide a reliable basis for your support for local feeder schools - a framework on which you can develop exciting and innovative work:

The video and activities are lively and popular with young beginners, giving them a good start - learning from native speakers filmed in authentic social situations;

Based on the current approach and methodologies of the QCA KS2 MFL Guidelines and schemes of work;

The materials are flexible and not restrictive - giving support to non-specialist class teachers whilst providing a good starting point for the qualified specialist;

Help provide continuity in the event of staff turnover in your feeder schools;

For the children, it's a completely different resource to those they will meet at KS3;

For the hard-pressed primary class teacher, it saves time with a bank of resources and ideas for planning each lesson;

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Co-ordination and progression

How much we learn:

lecture 5%

reading 10%

audio visual 20%

demonstration 30%

discussion 50%

practice by doing 75%

teaching others 90%

from page 202 'Strategies for closing the learning gap' by Mike Hughes (2001)

On average we remember:

20% of what we read

30% of what we hear

40% of what we see

50% of what we say

60% of what we do

90% of what we see, hear, say and do'

from page 142 in the chapter on 'Triggering the memory" in 'Accelerated Learning'

Acknowledgements with thanks to contributors to the ELL-forum (Glynis Rumley and Carol Read)

EARLY START materials lead the way in combining language and culture, supporting links with language learning across the curriculum - making the most of the unique opportunities of starting language learning at primary school when children typically have one class teacher .

EARLY START helps you get the basic framework right - build on it with the resources and specialist know-how of the Language College:

share Foreign Language Assistants (FLAs) with your feeder schools - EARLY START makes it easier for native speakers to fit into primary classrooms as resources of cultural information as well as language development.

organise joint exchanges, email links or school visits - however you do it, the EARLY START approach encourages learners to use language to communicate and exchange information from the beginning.

networking, sharing ideas

people learn best when they use their new knowledge teaching others - that applies to primary teachers improving their language skills, and to secondary pupils going out to help primary children learn a language......

helping primary children make videos or multimedia to introduce your town to foreign visitors. - or to tell stories in the new language to other learners.

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Work with parents too

New EARLY START CD-ROMs - a step towards becoming an independent language learner
Some Language Colleges now work in their community to encourage family learning: increasing educational opportunity, inclusion and motivation by offering children and parents the chance to learn together.

The flexible EARLY START materials include:

videos (soon to be DVDs too) for presentation to larger groups and classes;

new innovative CD-ROMs support moving towards being an independent language learner, both at school and at home - CD-ROMs that get you talking!

Why not focus family learning on planned community exchanges or visits, where parents and children not only travel together, but also work on collaborative projects involving the new language - like planning a local cycle trail for foreign visitors.....

Please contact us (email or phone is fine) if you are looking for help or support with a project.

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Find out more

To help you evaluate Early Start materials, we offer a Sample CD - FREE to UK Language Colleges - which includes a sample section from each of the French, German and Spanish Starter Packs. To have it sent to you, just complete this short form - stating that you teach at a Language College, and fax or email it to us NOW.

Discounts are available if you buy multiple copies on behalf of your primary schools.

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Home > NEW CD-ROM series > Support language learning in your community > ORDER FORM
Support Co-ordination Work with parents Sample CD	Language Colleges have a key role in the recently published National Languages Strategy, which announced the Government's plans to develop Modern Foreign Language (MFL) capability in the primary sector. Early Start Languages work with many Language Colleges to help make MFL within the primary curriculum practical, effective and enjoyable.
Support \| Co-ordination \| Work with parents \| Sample CD

Support for non-specialist class teachers
early language learning EARLY START's video based starter packs for young learners are recognised by the ELL Badging Scheme to offer "...particularly strong support for the non-specialist teacher..." ELL is a DfEE initiative managed by CILT, working in partnership with QCA, BECTa, the Central Bureau, the TTA, OFSTED and the Association for Language Learning.	Many primary schools have already found the EARLY START video-packs an ideal way to introduce a foreign language to their curriculum - so Language Colleges don't need to re-invent the wheel! The EARLY START primary course materials provide a reliable basis for your support for local feeder schools - a framework on which you can develop exciting and innovative work: The video and activities are lively and popular with young beginners, giving them a good start - learning from native speakers filmed in authentic social situations; Based on the current approach and methodologies of the QCA KS2 MFL Guidelines and schemes of work; The materials are flexible and not restrictive - giving support to non-specialist class teachers whilst providing a good starting point for the qualified specialist; Help provide continuity in the event of staff turnover in your feeder schools; For the children, it's a completely different resource to those they will meet at KS3; For the hard-pressed primary class teacher, it saves time with a bank of resources and ideas for planning each lesson;

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