Janette Kelso: SCILT Lynne Robinson: Kilwinning Academy Kilwinning Academy

Business Language Champion Programme Helps schools and businesses to build partnerships through languages Brings the relevance of languages in workplace to life Raises learners’ awareness of languages in the workplace Inspires and motivates language learners to continue studying languages

Who is involved? Hospitality and catering industry Textile industry Manufacturing and engineering companies Retail sector Food manufacturers Tourist industry

What is involved? Employee visits to schools Schools visits to local employers Business project in classroom Collaborative work with other subject areas Advice and support to deliver projects

Getting started! Stakeholders meet and discuss ideas Launch event takes place Pupils visit business Pupils set a task to complete in the language Final project judged by business

Kilwinning Academy and the Scottish Football Association

Background Faculty Head of Modern Languages at St Modan’s High School Culture shock! Need to promote the validity and relevance of languages in this day and age. SCILT to the rescue!

Curriculum Context Aim to have all pupils leaving at end of S3 with Unit qualification in 1 or 2 languages. Languages for Work Purposes Unit at N4. Course tailored to the needs of pupils – N3 or N4. Dove-tailed beautifully with the Business Language Champions project.

The Project September:Initial discussion October:Launch event – key note speaker from SFA. Carousel of 5 workshops November:Visits to Scottish Museum of Football January:Development of final product March:Product completed and judged

Launch Event Inter-disciplinary links with Health and Wellbeing – Home Economics and PE SFA input – Jim Fleeting and Kilmarnock FC SCILT input – workshops based on specific industry areas Museum of Football Visit to Hampden and Museum of Football Poster competition - Commonwealth Games

La chasse au trésor

Positive Impact Huge increase of numbers choosing French at end of S3. Change of attitudes – not just pupils! Credibility and validity of languages in the world of work… “I want to do the SFA Referee Course in S5 and did not realise how much having a language would help with this as a career” “Who knew there were so many bits of the hospitality industry were French!”

Positive Impact “I want to study accounts at university but am going to do a language with it, as I’ll get more job opportunities.” “I didn’t think French would ever be of any use to me. Now I want to get at least one language in S4.” “The trip to Hampden really opened my eyes about how jobs in Scotland had a language need too.”

Straight from the horse’s mouth!! (1)

Straight from the horse’s mouth!! (2)

Jim Fleeting, Head of Sports Development “I believe young people of today are open to so much more than their parents or guardians. They also have the huge pressure of their peers. Experience is a wonderful thing and it is sometimes hard to sell that experience, but when I visited the school, I set out to engage them to consider all the options they have in front of them.”

Colin Lobban, Scottish Museum of Football “We became involved in the languages project at Kilwinning Academy as a means of perhaps increasing our output in languages, and also as a means of communicating with a local school on the importance and usefulness of languages in a visitor experience environment. We have found the experience to be a rewarding one ….”

The final outcome

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