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Guidance on implementation of the KS2 Framework for languages
The National Advisory Centre for Early Language Learning (NACELL) offers advice, resources, best practice and information about Initial Teacher Training with a language specialism, and continuous professional development courses.
The National Curriculum online website has details of the non-statutory guidelines for primary language learning.
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) website has general information, advice and exemplification materials for curriculum subjects.
The National Curriculum in Action website uses pupils' work and case study material to show what the National Curriculum in languages looks like in practice.
The Standards Site hosts the details about the Primary National Strategy and wider curricular advice, Schemes of work for primary French, German and Spanish, and information on how to support children with SEN with their speaking, listening & learning skills:
The National Languages Strategy website provides an overview of the Strategy and key developments in its implementation.
The Early Language Learning: Language College programme encourages Language Colleges to work with their partner primary schools to deliver languages in the curriculum.
Primary Strategy Learning Networks encourage groups of primary schools to work together with a focus on a common subject to raise standards: www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/learning_networks/1095729/
The Early Language Learning Regional Support Groups and Comenius centres provide networks of regional support around the country. They aim to help build regional capacity to deliver primary language learning and offer opportunities for networking, training and dissemination for teachers and trainers involved in early language learning: www.nacell.org.uk/regional/index.htm
The Training and Development Agency (TDA) offers information on how to train to be a teacher and how to manage your professional development once trained.
The British Council website provides details the role and employment of Foreign Language Assistants.
Further support will also be made available in the coming months. Part 3 of the Framework documentation, Planning for entitlement will be available to schools from the spring term of 2005/06 and will offer short-, medium- and long-term planning advice and practical information on making links between languages and other areas of the curriculum. A 'Training Zone' website will also offer resources and video footage of language teaching and training in practice to support the sharing of best practice and aid professional development. This will be made available in phases as from spring term 2005/06.
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