Why learn a language?.

Through a workshop experience, a Year 9 class of girls at Hodge Hill Girls School in Birmingham are motivated to consider taking a Modern Foreign Language for either GCSE or as a Vocational Course. The programme features the Languages for Life Project Office, Annie Bannerman and her team of undergra...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Television Junction (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	[London] : Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education, 2005.
Series:	VAST: Academic Video Online KS3 modern foreign languages ; 2
Subjects:	Language and languages > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers. General Certificate of Secondary Education. Vocational education > Great Britain. Langage et langues > Étude et enseignement > Allophones. General Certificate of Secondary Education (Grande-Bretagne) Enseignement professionnel > Grande-Bretagne. Vocational education. Great Britain. Alexander Street Video. Instructional television programs. Émissions pédagogiques télévisées.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Through a workshop experience, a Year 9 class of girls at Hodge Hill Girls School in Birmingham are motivated to consider taking a Modern Foreign Language for either GCSE or as a Vocational Course. The programme features the Languages for Life Project Office, Annie Bannerman and her team of undergraduates from Aston University's School of Languages and Social Sciences leading a workshop with a Year 9 group of girls. The team work alongside pupils enabling them to discuss the opportunities that exist for students with language skills both academically and vocationally. The pupils embark on a voyage of discovery with the help of the Languages for Life website set up by Annie Bannerman.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (14 min.).