Making the most of community language skills

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Making the most of community language skills

• June 11 2007 at the RSA
• Hosted by Regional Language Network London

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Diana Muallem

• Making the most of community language skills
  opportunities and challenges

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Opportunities

• Heightened awareness of the importance of
  community languages Community languages are a
  national asset
• Growing acknowledgement of the need for languages
  skills in the UK
• The Olympics
• LSC Priorities for London
• Focus on intercultural understanding

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More opportunities

• Languages in other programmes eg Foundation
  Learning Tier, full level 2, The Diploma
• Greater choice of accreditation for wider range
  of languages
• Ab initio Bilingual

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Challenges

• Raising awareness of the importance of language
  skills
• Encouraging take up of languages post 16
• Resources
• Staff Development

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The way forward some thoughts

• Partnerships
• Sharing best practice
• Different modes of delivery

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Heather Barker

• Facilitated sessions
• with Caroline Conlon, Dominic Luddy,
• Diana Muallem and Pinky Sidhu