Programme of outreach events 2011-12

Project

Dates

Year group

Location of Participants

¡Viva Languages! 

Designed to inspire year 9 pupils; activities will makes use of speakers of French, German and Spanish. There will be the opportunity to learn a new language as well as information on study and career options.

Year 9

North West

Palaver Theatre Festival

The 2012 Palaver Theatre Festival features student performances in French, Polish and German.   

Download the programme and booking information here: Palaver programme 2012 (pdf)

 20-23 March 2012

 Years 12 & 13

University of Manchester Insight into Languages Programme (UMILAP)

Structured campus visits for KS4 pupils. The aim is to raise aspirations and awareness of studying languages at post-16 and university level by enabling access to open language-learning technologies, meeting current students, being introduced to the university environment and learning more about course provision and future employment possibilities. This is a Widening Participation event.

27, 28, 29 and 30 March 2012

Years 10 & 11

Greater Manchester & Cheshire

LEAF: Languages Education: A level and Further

This event is designed to give language AS pupils an opportunity to sample life as a language student at the University of Manchester. Pupils will undertake sessions in language and cultural topics of the subject they are studying at AS level. Pupils will then have the chance to sample a 'new' language, such as Chinese, Turkish or Arabic. They will also receive information on careers with languages and get the opportunity to talk to current students about what university life is like for language students.

Download the programme here (pdf) 

If you are interested in attending, please email sonja.bernhard@manchester.ac.uk

28 June 2012

Year 12

UK

Sharing Words

This project uses incoming Erasmus students, who are native speakers, to support conversation classes in Manchester VI Forms. This enhances learners' oral provision, confidence and competence in languages.

From November 2011 until May 2012

Years 12 & 13

Greater Manchester

Sixth Form Lectures

We are proud to be the home to experts in a wide range of languages. The new Sixth Form Lecture Series, an initiative from our central widening participation team, means that you can book a speaker to come to your school or college, or book a visit to campus to hear one of our academics talk about their area of expertise.

All the lectures are engaging, free of charge and last approximately one hour.

To see what is on offer for languages and to make a booking, please click here

Motivational talks to schools

Presentations on the theme of "Why study Languages" and "Careers in Languages" are delivered by students and staff to schools and colleges across the region. These motivational talks are designed to enthuse language learners about the future social and professional benefits of language skills. Please note that there will be a charge of £30 for talks in order to cover our costs.

All year

Any year group

North West

Consejería de Educación, Spanish Embassy Programmes and Services 

The School houses the Manchester office of the Consejería de Educación (Education Office), at the Embassy of Spain in the UK. The Consejería offers taster sessions and talks about Spanish culture and also has resources and educational materials for schools. Please contact the local advisor:  atd.manchester.uk@educacion.es

Bulletin:

They also produce a regular bulletin with helpful information for Spanish teachers at Primary and Secondary Schools and Colleges - to download the current issue (March 2011), click here:  Consejeria Bulletin 1 (opens in a new window)

Chinese language and culture tasters

The Confucius Institute at the University of Manchester has a resource centre in the School of Languages and offers taster sessions in Chinese language or culture to schools. Please click here to contact the institute.