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Northern Ireland Schools are also encouraged to teach additional languages. Secondlanguage learning improves children’s communication and literacy skills,enabling them to develop their aural and visual memory and encouragingthem to become clear and confident speakers as well as attentive listeners.Children are helped to develop a greater understanding of how languageworks by exploring the similarities and differences between their mothertongue and the second language. Moreover, learning a second languageserves to consolidate ideas, concepts and skills already taught in other Areasof Learning and when combined with elements from the areas of PersonalDevelopment and Mutual Understanding and The World Around Us, can helpto create a meaningful and real context in which to develop children’s interculturalunderstanding.

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Northern Ireland Schools are also encouraged to teach additional languages. Secondlanguage learning improves children’s communication and literacy skills,enabling them to develop their aural and visual memory and encouragingthem to become clear and confident speakers as well as attentive listeners.Children are helped to develop a greater understanding of how languageworks by exploring the similarities and differences between their mothertongue and the second language. Moreover, learning a second languageserves to consolidate ideas, concepts and skills already taught in other Areasof Learning and when combined with elements from the areas of PersonalDevelopment and Mutual Understanding and The World Around Us, can helpto create a meaningful and real context in which to develop children’s interculturalunderstanding.

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Mapping our eTwinning Journey
Project template.

Created by an eTwinning ambassador and the UK National Support Service with activities spanning the full range of Key Stages

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This project will enable pupils to develop their language skills and knowledge of other countries. Pupils will complete a number of activities that will enable them to develop and learn about countries in Europe and the diverse languages spoken.

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Agissons contre le bullying!
Quality Label 2016

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A glimpse of France and Scotland

National awards 2017 'highly commended'

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Bilingual project based on the discovery of the other country's culture. Pupils will get to know more the partner's country through different activities, chats, vidéos. They will also go beyond common stereotypes and improve their personal knowledge but will also commit themselves in a group project.

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Vive le European Day of Languages

National Awards 2017 'highly commended'

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This is a short project introducing pupils and some members of staff to the wonders of eTwinning. The main activity will be to exchange post cards for EDL alongside geopgraphy, numeracy, art and ICT activities.

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Aprender a cooperar. Somos tus professores/We are your teachers.

National awards 2016 winner in category 'Pupil  peer Learning'

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Valley Road Primary SchoolSchool Year 2015-16 OBJECTIVES:  Promote an enthusiastic and positive attitude to other langu...

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Quality Label 2015

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This project will celebrate the European Day of Languages.Our pupils will exchange postcards, share ideas on padlet about the importance of learning languages and skype each other to get a first hand experience on speaking a foreign language.

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See  "What does your name mean?" activity in the eBook for a template of introductory MFL activity in eTwinning

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See  "What does your name mean?" activity in the eBook for a template of introductory MFL activity in eTwinning

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LE: Quality Label criteria: How to achieve them

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Collaborative activities created by the participants of the eTwinning LE as well as suggestions regarding pedagogical innovation and evaluation questions for eTwinning projects

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La Parole aux Jeunes

National awards 2015 'highly commended'

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Un projet en francais pour un groupe d'éleves de Roumanie et de Grande Bretagne qui échangeront leurs avis, en francais, une langue etrangere, mois par mois sur des sujets variés.

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Twins in contact
National awards 2016 winner in category " active language learning"

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Con este proyecto pretendemos que nuestros alumnos mejoren en el aprendizaje del segundo idioma (español e inglés) y conocer diferentes aspectos culturales de los países de origen de los colegios participantes (Reino Unido y España) a través de las TIC. Partiendo de los contenidos curriculares de nuestras asignaturas de inglés y español, los estudi...