1. Parental Polyglots Linking Language classrooms with the community

2. Factors contributing to low interest  Photo by Celie (CC)

3. Factors contributing to low interest

7. Meet the parents  Initial idea : stimulating student demand (NALSSP)  Birth of Parental Polyglots

8. Parental Polyglots: Language courses for parents Aims  to enhance the support provided by parents to language learners and to build parental support which is often pivotal for the sustained delivery of the language by the school.  to expose parents to how languages are taught in the 21 st century.  to enable parents to provide modelling to their children thus making language learning a valued endeavour.

9. Who could apply?  Schools with an existing Languages program

10. What did the grant cover?  Funding was made available to support the implementation and delivery of regular language courses for the parents/caregivers of students attending the school.

11. Information to be provided by applicants  How will you evaluate the impact of this activity on parental involvement with their child’s language learning and/or attitude towards continuity in language learning?

12. Number of schools which offered PP courses Asian languagesNon-Asian languages 38 Asian languagesNon-Asian languages 914 2010 2011

13. Survey Questions to Parents How did you feel about learning languages before attending this course? Has your opinion changed since then? What, in your opinion, were some of the best things about doing this course?

14. What the teachers say… ‘We set up a class wiki for the parents to use at home…’ http://assaggini.wikis paces.com ‘We set up a class wiki for the parents to use at home…’ http://assaggini.wikis paces.com

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16. Contact Details Ghislaine Barbe Education Consultant, Languages K-12 Level 12, 99 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Phone (02) 9299 2845 Fax (02) 9290 2274 Web aisnsw.edu.au Email gbarbe@aisnsw.edu.au ABN 96 003 509 073