MOD LANGUAGES IMMERSION WEEKENDS S4 and Senior Students spend one weekend in a youth hostel in Scotland to improve their French/Speaking Talking Skills whilst having fun doing plenty of activities (games, cooking...)
IMMERSION WEEKEND 30% of the final grade at Higher is based on the Performance of pupils at a Talking Examination
IMMERSION WEEKEND Pupils also have time for one to one time from their teachers
IMMERSION WEEKEND Dalkeith High School students preparing food
IMMERSION WEEKEND TIME FOR PUPILS TO WORK ON SPEAKING PIECES TALKING GAMES
SOME COMMENTS FROM EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRES “NOW I FEEL MORE CONFIDENT FOR NOT ONLY MY SPEAKING EXAM, BUT THE FINAL EXAM IN MAY” “A FUN WAY TO LEARN AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS” “IT’S HELPED ME AIM TO GET A BETTER GRADE IN INT 2, SO I CAN DO HIGHER NEXT YEAR AND HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING INTO UNIVERSITY”
“IT WAS GREAT MIXING WITH PUPILS FROM DIFFERENT YEARS AND SCHOOLS” S4 PUPIL “ IT SHOWED ME HOW MUCH I LOVE FRENCH- I DEFINITELY WANT TO CARRY IT ON TO HIGHER”