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Dear all The email about foreign language consultation below is not directly related to ESOL but may be of interest to those of you who are keen to promote foreign language learning. Regards - Philida -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Janet Enever Sent: 19 November 2012 10:06 To: baalmail Subject: [Baalmail] FW: Making Foreign Languages compulsory at Key Stage 2 Dear BAAL members With apologies for cross-posting, I am forwarding the mail below for members who may not have received it. The various documents available via the link below indicate that responses to the first consultation (conducted during the summer holiday period 2012) was astonishingly low - totalling just 318! See extract below. Overview of responses The organisational breakdown of respondents was as follows: Higher Education* 144; Primary School 79; Secondary School 28; Local Authority 12; Organisations representing school teachers 12; Other 10; Subject Association 9; Parent 8; Academy/Free School 7; Employer/Business Sector 7; Special School 1; Young Person 1; Total: 318. * There was a mini campaign from Warwick University students (123 responses) which resulted in the high number of higher education responses. They answered Q1a and b only and were very supportive of the proposal. The Government now "proposes to require primary schools to teach one or more of French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish or a classical language (Latin or Ancient Greek)" - commencing in year 3 (age: 7) - from September 2014. The second consultation (closing 16 December 2012) invites comments on just two final questions - whether you agree to the requirement that schools should teach one of the above 5 languages (giving reasons for your views), together with any further comments on the Draft Order (attached in an Annex). I'd like to encourage members to respond/forward it to other interested parties such as: Primary Education depts; local primary schools/advisors; students and parents; in the hope that the response rate can be substantially improved this time around. Hope you can find 10 mins. to influence this far-reaching policy decision. Janet *************************************************************************** Janet Enever Professor of Language Teaching and Learning Department of Language Studies / Institutionen för språkstudier Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden tel: +46 (0)90 786 56 74 email: [log in to unmask] ________________________________________ From: [log in to unmask] [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 16 November 2012 16:09 Subject: Making Foreign Languages compulsory at Key Stage 2 We would like to inform you of a further consultation that is taking place between 16th November and 16th December 2012 to seek views on the draft Order to make foreign languages compulsory at Key Stage 2; and on a new proposal to require primary schools to teach one or more of French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish, or a classical language (Latin or Ancient Greek) to pupils at Key Stage 2. Schools would, of course, be free to teach other languages in addition if they wish to do so. The consultation can be found at www.education.gov.uk/consultations/<http://www.education.gov.uk/consultation s/> ............................................................................ ................................................ www.education.gov.uk<http://www.education.gov.uk> [cid:image001.jpg@01CDC406.992FFFC0] The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet virus scanning service supplied by Cable&Wireless Worldwide in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2009/09/0052.) On leaving the GSi this email was certified virus free. Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or recorded for legal purposes. *********************************** ESOL-Research is a forum for researchers and practitioners with an interest in research into teaching and learning ESOL. ESOL-Research is managed by James Simpson at the Centre for Language Education Research, School of Education, University of Leeds. To join or leave ESOL-Research, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ESOL-RESEARCH.html A quick guide to using Jiscmail lists can be found at: http://jiscmail.ac.uk/help/using/quickuser.htm To contact the list owner, send an email to [log in to unmask]