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Running a bilingual project at secondary level. CLI Geography at AMRTC. Archbishop Michael Ramsey Technology College. Inner city school in a challenging environment Most students are of African or Caribbean origins We are a Technology College and not a Language College. Our department.
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Running a bilingual project at secondary level CLI Geography at AMRTC
Archbishop Michael Ramsey Technology College • Inner city school in a challenging environment • Most students are of African or Caribbean origins • We are a Technology College and not a Language College
Our department • Not a lot of time in the curriculum • Perception of the students: not the most important subject • A very active department: loads of projects and trips going on • Collaboration project with Science in the past
CLIP for us • To increase the motivation to use and learn a foreign language • To raise the confidence and self-esteem in pupils • To integrate language learning with other part of the curriculum • To promote the use of Target Language
Examples of activities • Comparison of the population in Haiti, the UK and France • Study of the country of origin of the students
Evaluation • Preparing resources can be time consuming • Good communication needed with the Geography department and within our department • Students more enthusiastic about Languages • Context for using Target Language: Staff and students are more confident
What’s next? • Develop or consolidate links with our partner schools in France, Nigeria and Jamaica • Extend the project to other curriculum areas like History or Art