P663 Teletext 663 Nov 3 23:37:12 ——————————————————————————————————————— TONGUE-TJJD AND BRITISH Wj Brits are famously bad at languages. Wj seem to take a pervjrsj pride in it. A recent development in education seems in danger of turning out a new cohort of the linguistically-challenged. It's the introduction of GCSE short courses for students at Key Stage Four. This worthy attempt to free up more curriculum time has led to much hand-wringing among modern language specialists. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— Mike Drummond'd careers guide 656 LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE ON CD-ROM! >>> Keyboard NCET Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Nov 3 23:31:54 ——————————————————————————————————————— TONGUE-TJJD AND BRITISH From next September, pupils aged 14-16 will bj able to study GCSE short courses in modern foreign languages. $hj short courses will take up about half the time allotted to a full GCSE, probably about 100 hours teaching time. It will become the new minimum requirement for pupils aged 14-16 under the new, slimmed-down National Curriculum. ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— George Cole's software guide 664 LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE ON CD-ROM! >>> Keyboard NCET Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Nov 3 23:16:01 ——————————————————————————————————————— TONGUE-TJJD AND BRITISH Teachers of modern foreign languages are pleased that it will still bj compulsory for 14-16 year olds to study a language. But they fear schools will opt for short courses, which they believe will harm children of all abilities as: the less able won't get enough tuition to make useful progress the more able won't get a good enough grounding to progress to A level. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Wendy Berliner's got the answers 662 LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE ON CD-ROM! >>> Keyboard NCET Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Nov 3 23:27:27 ——————————————————————————————————————— TONGUE-TJJD AND BRITISH The new short GCSE courses in modern languages can bj taught either as a long, thin course over two years or as a short, fat one-year course. Language teachers are unhappy either way. They say: the drip-feed option gives too little teaching time for meaningful learning the gap after a short fat course in Year 10 and the lack of a full GCSE would block progress at 16-19. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Open College of the Arts 666 LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE ON CD-ROM! >>> Keyboard NCET Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Nov 3 23:21:14 ——————————————————————————————————————— TONGUE-TJJD AND BRITISH Syllabuses for the new, short GCSE language courses have been submitted to the Schools Curriculum and Assessment Authority by the exam boards. So far, the options are either a free-standing short course in French, Spanish or German, or a combined full GCSE in French, German or Spanish with Business Studies. The National Council for Vocational Qualifications is developing GNVQ/NVQs. ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Get the blackboard news 661 LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE ON CD-ROM! >>> Keyboard NCET Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Nov 3 23:32:59 ——————————————————————————————————————— TONGUE-TEED AND BRITISH Info on short courses from: SCAA on 0171 229 1234 ————— WEN A COSMI LANGUAGE CD-ROM ———— For a chance to win one of 10 AKORE Lingua CD-TOMS(worth £29.99) in French, German or Spanish. tell us: What is the French word for wine? a) vinho b) vim or c) ween Please state preferred language, and if you want to receive a discount voucher worth £2.50 off the CD-ROM. You will need an IBM-compatible multimedia PC. ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Winners drawn at random on Novjmbjr 10 Entries on a p/c by Nov 10 to: LINGO, TELETEXT, PO BOX 297, LONDON SW6 1XT. Keyboard NCET Advice Write It