Lesson Plans

UK, The Language Trends Survey for Secondary Schools 2011

Added by Pete on 14th June 2012 at 07:49AM

Tags: Policy Language, MFL General (Primary), Culture, Language

CfBT Education Trust in association with the All-Party Parliamentary Group, Indendent Schools Modern Languages Association (ISMLA) and Association for Language Learning (ALL) have released the long awaited research on Language Trends in Secondary Schools.

The annual publication of findings from the Language Trends survey shows that 40% of maintained schools reported changes to their language provision since the introduction of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc).

Jin Bu Resources - On Study Stack

Added by Pete on 25th May 2012 at 12:28PM

Tags: Language

Gina Jamieson is the coordinator and Mandarin teacher at Djanogly Academy’Confucius Classroom.

USA: Chinese Language Learning in the Early Grades - A Handbook of Resources and Best Practices for Mandarin Immersion

Added by Pete on 03rd May 2012 at 12:52PM

Tags: Curriculum/Schemes of Work, Introducing Mandarin at your school, Policy Language, Teaching tips - general, Culture, Language

Are you looking for best practise and resources for teaching early years Mandarin Chinese teaching?

The Asia Society has released an excellent new book (available as a free download): Chinese Language Learning in the Early Grades based on US Mandarin immersion programmes.

Chinese Readers (Macmillan) for teenage (High School/Secondary) to adult learners

Added by Pete on 29th March 2012 at 15:10PM

Tags: Culture, Language

Macmillan Publisher’s Tiantian Zhongwen Graded Readers Series:

Tiantian Zhongwen is a carefully graded Chinese reader series for high-elementary Chinese language learners and above. Each book in the series contains 20 stories, and the series is graded into three levels: Gold, Turquoise and Violet

Chinese Character Dictionary – Macmillan FLTRP

Added by Pete on 29th March 2012 at 15:05PM