Governement funded intiative “Routes into languages” aims to address the UK’s language deficits by for example increasing the take-up of languages in schools. At the moment many suggestions focus on taster days and presentations by university students as “ambassadors”. However since 2003 we have developed a mentoring scheme which really makes a difference. Students visit once a week a school to assist teenagers in learning French using a VLE. Guess what ? It works and they all benefited from it. Nevertheless, this scheme requires motivation, good communication, user friendly technology and of course… funding.
Here are some key documents…
1) Draft paper with Aline Canning, AMRTC Head of Languages until last year
2) Good Practice Guide for University Students by Laurien Field (BSc. IR at the time)
