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LANGUAGES WITHOUT LIMITS

This website had its origins in a number of projects carried out in Scotland between 1994 and 2007. Details of the main projects are given below, along with some of the reports generated at the time.

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EUROPE, LANGUAGE LEARNING AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS 1994-97

A research programme under the aegis of the then Scottish Office Education and Industry Department. Report published in 1997 and disseminated to all Scottish secondary and special schools. Now out of print, but extracts are reproduced at various places on this site.

WORKING TOGETHER FOR INCLUSION / IMPROVING COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE 2000-06

Between 2000 and 2007 the projects Working Together for Inclusion, Collaborative Practice and Maximising Potential supported Modern Language Departments in eleven schools as they devised strategies for improving their provision for learners who were struggling to cope with foreign language learning. Staff and curriculum development projects undertaken by 11 secondary mainstream schools. Three schools in Edinburgh were the first to sign up.

The Edinburgh project

The project Working Together for Inclusion in Modern Languages ran in two Aberdeenshire schools during session 2005 - 06. The materials below were created in the course of project Aberdeenshire project.

Introductory handout

About the project

Report from School A

Report from School B

Template for pupil survey

Scottish Languages Review
Article about School B's programme designed to improve scores for Reading at Standard Grade.
http://www.strath.ac.uk/scilt/slr/iss/2006/14/#d.en.245822

Times Educational Supplement Scotland
Learn to love languages. An article about School B's involvement in the project.
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2327018

MAXIMISING POTENTIAL - Pilot Project 2006-07

The pilot project was conducted in four Edinburgh Schools. Thereafter the Online Project appeared as a Learning and Teaching Scotland's mini website called Maximising Potential: a resource to support inclusion in modern languages. The full program can be found here: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/maximisingpotential/ This website provides supplementary support for the programme and access to archive material from the pilot project.

The current version of Maximising Potential on the LTS website omits some of the Points for Reflection. The pdf copy of the Project Reader contains all of them:
Project Reader

Documents used in early stages of the programme but no longer on the main page

A summary of the key points in the Assessment is for Learning programme.
AifL key points
 

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