2. Language Futures was originally developed by Linton Village College in Cambridgeshire as part of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation initiative. Management of the initiative passed to the Association for Language Learning in summer 2015. “You are more independent in LF, which has made me more independent in my other lessons as well.” “We aren’t getting spoon-fed information, we have to find it and learn it for ourselves. We have to keep ourselves on track” “It is great to learn a language at your own speed and not feel that you are trying to catch up all the time.” “LF lessons are quite relaxed, but you still learn a lot. You control your learning, which i like. You also control your learning at home.”

3. This year schools across the country are offering the Language Futures approach with a total of 16 different languages ( Arabic, English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Shona, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu ) being studied. إن شاء الله Какой кошмар! todhchaí Przyszłość futuro l ’ aveni r 未来 gelecek Zukunft مستقبل

4. …you could choose the language you wanted to learn? …you decided the pace at which to learn? What if…

5. You choose the language The teacher designs and supports You also work with a native speaker mentor volunteer Your learning is enquiry and project-based You have one Language Futures session after school each week (on Mondays) You learn how to learn a language (so that you could learn any language at any stage in your life) You build your language into your daily life (FB, online activity, music, films, books) How does it work?

7. We enjoy having many different languages in one classroom We like learning more independently We feel more relaxed in our learning We do more group work We feel valued and trusted as learners We control our own learning We learn from each other Why do you like it?

8. A language you speak and understand but do not read or write A language someone in your family speaks A language you think might be useful to you in the future because of your career aspirations A language you just like the sound of A language that at least one other student in the group is also learning Which language?

9. Language Futures Language Futures website includes interviews with teachers, mentors and pupils.

10. Take a letter and application form from your language teacher Talk about it at home (your parents are also receiving a letter this week) Attend the parents’ information evening on XXX Complete the form and hand it in to XXX by XXX We will let you know by the end of June if your application is successful. Language Futures starts in September. What next?