News 2009

MFL & INCLUSION

NEWS Archive 2009

Learning and teaching

Linking Communities


	RECENT NEWS			2.12.09 Learners with profound and complex needs in Scotland's colleges HMIE report published November 2009 http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/publication/lpcnsc.pdf

		NEWS ARCHIVE 2008


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			19.11.09 Working for inclusion Taking place from Feb 2009 Jan 2011, Working for Inclusion is “a cross-European programme to examine how improving the qualifications and skills of those working with our youngest children can help reduce poverty and improve social inclusion.” The four partner countries each take a lead on these themes: - Working with the child as an active agent in their own learning (Italy) - Working with diversity, in particular ethnicity, language, disability and gender (Scotland) - Inclusive workforce models for rural and remote areas (Norway) - Working in an inclusive way with children and families, across agencies and age groups (Poland) You can view resources and reports on the website and participate in discussions. For more information see the Working for Inclusion website: http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/wfi.aspx


	5.11.09 Supporting Identity, Diversity and Language in the Early Years Seminar to be held at The Engine Shed, Edinburgh, 15 December 2009. The early years are recognised as the foundation years for children’s development. In particular, the first six years are crucial for young children in developing their first language and cultural identity. This seminar explores theory and research in second language acquisition, particularly the relationship between children’s identity and self-esteem and positive outcomes for learning. For more information and booking go to http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/sid


	3.11.09 Just ask A new national campaign has been launched to encourage and empower parents to find out about the help available to support children through difficult periods in life. The Just Ask campaign aims to raise awareness of the rights of parents to ask for additional support when something is affecting their child's learning. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2009/11/02113910


	29.10.09 the Autumn edition of Stride has two articles describing the use of global citizenship materials with students with additional support needs, together with lots of ideas for linking citizenship themes to Curriculum for Excellence. Copies have been sent to all schools in Scotland, or download here: http://www.ideas-forum.org.uk/files/private/Stride(f)_0.pdf IDEAS (International Development Education Association of Scotland) resource catalogues can be found here: http://www.ideas-forum.org.uk


	26.10.09 SQA Inclusion Group The new SQA inclusion group, under the chairmanship of Professor Martyn Rouse of the University of Aberdeen, has held its first meeting, to discuss its priorities. It will address a range of issues around inclusion, assessment and qualifications.


	21.10.09 Curriculum for Excellence Good Practice Conference: Autism Stirling Business Management Centre 0/11/2009. Details and application form here: http://www.hmie.gov.uk/News/Events/Good+practice+events.htm


	20.10.09 Education in the News, Issue 58 Eurydice’s current awareness bulletin of recent education news from across Europe and beyond is now available. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/eurydice/education-news/education-news.cfm


	17.10.09 SALT Annual Conference The 2009 Conference of the Scottish Association for Language Teaching takes place on Saturday 7th November. Visitors to this site who are resident in Scotland may be interested in the four seminars appearing in the 'Inclusion' strand. which should be of interest to MFL teachers and to those who support them in the classroom. For details and booking arrangements go to: http://www.regonline.co.uk/salt2009


	22.9.09 Count us in: Meeting the needs of children and young people newly arrived in Scotland Published by HMIE, September 2009. staff from English as an additional language/ http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/publication/cuimnnus.pdf


	21.9.09 Action Research Projects Action Research Projects encourage schools, colleges, and teachers to think about ways in which current and future qualifications and assessment can support and enable Curriculum for Excellence aims, values, and principles. 2009/10 Projects: SQA is offering the opportunity to link existing practice in the development of the four capacities to SQA qualifications. Applications for funding to carry out these projects are now invited with a submission deadline of Monday 12 October 2009. (From LTS News Bulletin 21.9.09) http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/34650.html


	31.8.09 An article about the first Deaf person to be elected to the European Parliament. Plus links to information about the status of sign languages in Europe. http://www.eud.eu/news.php?action=view&news_id=71 The European Union of the Deaf (EUD) represents the interests of Deaf Europeans at EU level. http://www.eud.eu/EUD-i-14.html


	9.8.09 Researchers at the University of Michigan, investigating the effectiveness of pictured-based and word-based strategies for vocabulary learning, have concluded that the picture-based method leads to a better performance (except for cognate words). For the full report see: L2 Vocabulary Acquisition in Children: Effects of Learning Method and Cognate Status, Claudio Tonzar, Lorella Lotto, Remo Job. Language Learning, Volume 59, Issue 3, Pages 623 - 646. See the abstract here: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122540840/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0


	3.8.09 The new Diploma in Languages and International Communication, for students aged 14 to 19, of all abilities, is due to be launched in schools and colleges from 2011. It will give students an insight into languages, culture and the wider world. A description of the learning content and criteria to be used by Awarding Bodies to develop qualification specifications were published on 31 July. The Diploma Development Partnership, alongside QCDA, DCSF and others, will now focus on working with Awarding Bodies to develop the qualification, and will prepare the ground for consortia to submit proposals in autumn 2009 to teach this Diploma from 2011. More information for both consortia and Awarding Bodies on the Diploma in Languages and International Communication website: http://www.diploma-in-languages.co.uk/


	13.6.09 Qualifications In Scotland, Standard Grade, including Foundation Level, will be removed after academic year 2012-13. Access 3 will be retained and reviewed to ensure it reflects the values, purposes and principles of Curriculum for Excellence.


	6.6.09 Lip-reading computers can detect different languages Scientists at the University of East Anglia have created lip-reading computers that can distinguish between different languages. Computers that can read lips are already in development but this is the first time they have been 'taught' to recognize different languages. The discovery could have practical uses for deaf people, for law enforcement agencies, and in noisy environments. The technology was developed by statistical modelling of the lip motions made by a group of 23 bilingual and trilingual speakers. The system was able to identify which language was spoken by an individual speaker with very high accuracy. These languages included English, French, German, Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese, Italian, Polish and Russian. http://www.uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/press/2009/apr/lipreading


	27.5.09 Additional support secured The Scottish Parliament passed the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill 2009 on 20 May. This legislation corrected unintended and unwelcome consequences discovered during the first years of implementing the ASL Act 2004, and improved this landmark legislation in several key ways; from making it easier for children to access additional support in the early years, to strengthening the duty to share information with parents and young people. For more information visit http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/


	21.5.09 CILT's new Curriculum Guides for Gujarati, Somali, Yoruba and Chinese Cantonese are now available. more information here: http://www.cilt.org.uk/books/curriculumguides.htm


	13.5.09 Subtitles in 40+ languages And if you don't already know this site, you're in for a treat! http://blog.ted.com/2009/05/ted_open_trans.php


	13.5.09 Bilingual babies This article in the Economist reports on a study that suggest how being bilingual at an early age may affect the way a child thinks. http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13489730&fsrc=rss


	13.5.09 LTS/HMIE Autism Confrernce November 2009 Learning and Teaching Scotland is facilitating a Good Practice conference jointly with HMIE in November 2009 with the main theme of autism. Workshops are to be on transitions, assessment, interventions and inclusion. voluntary sector agencies' displays. Contact Maggie Smith Team Leader: Inclusion and Equality Learning and Teaching Scotland for more information Tel: 0141 282 5055


	27.4.09 Scotland's National Framework for Inclusion has just been launched: http://www.frameworkforinclusion.org/pages/index.php?category=0&sub=1


	23.4.09 Learning Together: Opening up learning This new Guide from HMIE (Scotland) draws together themes, features and characteristics of effective improvement through self-evaluation,and descriptions of good practice. http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/publication/ltoul.html


	14.4.09 AUTISM TOOLBOX A resource to help local authorities and schools in Scotland who provide for children and young people with autism. All schools, partner provider nurseries and local authorities have been provided with a copy of the new guidance, to coincide with World Autism Awareness Day on April 2. http://register.scotland.gov.uk/bulkmail/clickTrack.ashx?url=b1f037ea-f2a8-45e8-a1cb-2f6cc636366f&iid=10442791


	27.2.09 CILT's Community Languages National Show 2009: Developing practice for the 21st century Wednesday 15 July 2009, Chilworth Manor, Southampton. All delegates will receive a free "Our Languages" toolkit on forging successful partnerships between mainstream and complementary schools and free CDS offering lesson plans, schemes of work and resources across a range of languages. For further information and booking: http://www.cilt.org.uk/cpd/clshow.htm


	6.2.09 Scottish Accessible Information Forum Announces Training Programme for 2009 http://www.saifscotland.org.uk


	6.2.09 British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) was established in 2008 to increase the amount of sign-presented programming on television. Follow developments here: http://www.bslbt.co.uk/


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