Languages Week (18 – 22 March 2024)
Free Online Workshops for Schools (Years 7-9)
Routes NW is co-ordinating a series of free online workshops to accompany the Mother Tongue Other Tongue competition. Details of each session, together with registration links, are available below.
This is the ideal opportunity to engage pupils in creative language production, whether they intend to enter MTOT or not. We hope to engage a wide range of teachers and pupils in these live events, but will ensure materials are shared with registered teachers after the event.
Tuesday 19 March: Chinese
Chinese Language Taster
Tuesday 19 March: 14.15-15.00
The University of Chester will deliver this Chinese session where you will be learning basic information about China and Chinese characters, numbers, and how to greet in Chinese. Join us and explore this amazing language!
Registration link: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/university-of-chester-languages/t-rpdllvg
Wednesday 20 March: French
French in Various Countries Around the World – La Francophonie
Wednesday 20 March: 13.00-14.00
In this session run by the University of Lancaster, will look at the way French can vary and how idioms change according to the location you are in. We will listen to some songs in French, but not from France.
Registration link: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DGID
Thursday 21 March: Spanish
Poetry Unleashed
Thursday 21 March: 13.30-14.30
Come and unleash your inner animal through this fun and exploratory workshop offering various types of poetry and vocabulary activities in Spanish to develop creative ideas which will be the foundation of your own work. We encourage the whole class to attend and take part in this fun and interactive workshop. Run by the University of Liverpool; If you have any questions, please contact lcfoutreach@liverpool.ac.uk.
Registration link: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/languagesculturesandfilm/t-moaymdy
Friday 22 March: German
German Poetry Come to Life!
Friday 22 March: 11.00-12.00
This hands-on workshop will examine a range of fun poetry in German, including the visual nature of concrete poetry and the soundscapes of poems that have to be read out loud (including some tongue-twisters!). We encourage the whole class to attend and take part in this fun and interactive workshop. Run by the University of Liverpool; If you have any questions, please contact lcfoutreach@liverpool.ac.uk.
Registration Link: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/lcf/t-mokneor
All events are aimed at students (and their teachers!) currently in Years 7-9.
Links to the above workshops and other information about Routes into Languages North West can also be found here: