1. Introduction and Welcome

2. Looking to the future... PPLI currently developing a short course in Russian which will be available to schools for delivery as part of the new Junior Cycle Framework – Short course will be 100 hours (60 hours Communicative Competence, 20 hours Language Awareness, and 20 hours Intercultural Competence) – Short courses may be introduced in schools from 2014 – PPLI can support the provision of this course in existing schools The emphasis of teaching and learning in the new course will be based on development of’ key skills’, ‘learning outcomes’ and role of ‘assessment for learning’, including self-assessment and peer-assessment. There will also need to be more emphasis on ‘educational standards’

3. Back to the present... TY Courses – 2012/13: 6-40+ hours – 2013/14 Minimum number of hours 15 – Continue to encourage longer rather than shorter modules

4. Topics and Themes Refer to the document you have for this

5. Key Skills in TY Communication Information Processing Critical and Creative Thinking Working with Others Intercultural Competence Being Personally Effective Academic Achievement Learner Autonomy Reponsibility

6. Communication – Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking Information Processing – Performing a task using new information e.g. Decoding Russian words that come from English or have similar origin, writing names in Russian Critical thinking – E.g. Through the exploration of Russian language and culture students might be encouraged to analyse the differences and similarities between Russia and their own country (in relation to a particular topic) and to look at their own country more objectively

7. Working with others – Doing activities in pairs or in groups e.g. Project work Intercultural Competence – Enabling students to learn to look at the host culture as well as their own culture in a more objective way e.g. Awareness raising activities which might include investigation and discussion of similarities and differences between Russia and Ireland

8. Being personally effective – Learning how to organise themselves and their schedules e.g. Doing a project or a presentation, getting homework done Academic achievement – Students need to be aware of learning outcomes and of what they have achieved e.g. Making students aware of what they are learning on a regular basis, projects, tests etc

9. Learner Autonomy – Giving students the opportunity to direct their learning and giving them the skills to evaluate their learning e.g. Using a portfolio Responsibility – Each student being made aware of their role in the classroom, and abiding by agreed rules e.g. Completing homework

10. Activities For each key skill appropriate methodologies have to be implemented and activities have to be developed, adapted, and shared.

11. What Students think of the current TY

12. Student Feedback

16. What your students said they learned about Russian Culture

17. What students enjoyed most in Russian classes

18. I found Russian very useful for me as i train in judo where there are a lot of Russians that train with me. I was able to use the bit of Russian i learn in class and they could teach me a bit as well I enjoyed the videos the teacher showed us about Russian things and activities I enjoyed the fun projects we had to do I enjoyed playing games to remember the new words and the alphabet I enjoyed the teacher’s innovative ways of teaching us I found that every week i looked forward to Friday morning as we had double Russian and i knew i was going to be active and learning

19. What students enjoyed least

20. The teacher didn't understand the pupils and communicate with the students. The teacher couldn't control the class. The teacher gave too much information in one class that it was hard to keep up I didn't enjoy the fact we got to learn so little actual Russian The teaching method Walking in to the class