The University of Nottingham's project aims to develop models to meet the range of expertise, teaching context and resources in individual schools within the city and the region. The team plans to produce:
- An outline of three 'staged' models for primary language teaching. These potential models will be documented as case studies which give clear guidance to other adopters. Schools will be able to select from the three approaches according to expertise, resources and need and subsequently to fine-tune them for their own use.
- Methodological advice in the form of a teacher handbook (also available electronically) evaluated by teachers, pupils and the HE project team, and applicable to all commonly taught modern foreign languages.
- Schemes and materials in French, German and Spanish (both paper-based and electronic) which exemplify task types and include a good practice starter module.
The project team works closely with initiatives such as the DfES/CILT schemes to develop expertise in primary language learning and is in contact with Nottingham Trent University with regard to its Nuffield-funded project
Laying the foundations: Primary Spanish in Nottingham.
See also
¡Olé! Spanish in the Primary Classroom, University of the West of England.
