1. Young Europeans Love Languages Bologna, Italy 27th October 2011

2. Youth Sport Trust Creating more and better opportunities for young people to participate, perform and lead/volunteer in Physical Education & Sport Raising the attainment and achievement of young people in and through Physical Education and Sport building a brighter future for young people through physical education and sport

3. Bev Whiteside Education Development Manager Youth Sport Trust Motivating Language Learners through Sport

4. Aims To demonstrate why and how linking languages and physical education and sport can engage and motivate learners To explore the links between sport and languages To share some practical examples for the classroom To share examples of projects

5. What is it about Sport and Physical Education that appeals to young people? What is it about Languages that young people enjoy? Learning together

6. Group and team work Competition Practical learning opportunities Being outside a traditional classroom setting Mentoring and coaching Developing leadership and teamwork skills Communicating with each other Learning about others Examples

7. Group work and learning outside the classroom

8. Partner School Exchange – Dance and Language Leaders

9. TOUR DE MOUNTBATTEN Competition Teamwork

10. Practical ideas for the classroom.

11. Against the clock Relay races

12. Competition Leagues

13. LE PENTHALON ÉPREUVE 1ÉCOUTER ÉPREUVE 2PARLER ÉPREUVE 3LIRE ÉPREUVE 4ÉCRIRE ÉPREUVE 5 C’EST EXTRA! (G+T) + POINTS Médaille d’or points Médaille d’argent points Médaille de bronze points

14. Je m’appelle Didier Drogba. J’habite en Angleterre mais je suis africain. Je viens de la Côte d’Ivoire en Afrique Sporting hero profiles

15. Exploiting sporting events throughout the year Display Reading materials Home learning tasks

16. The Language of Sport

17. Some project ideas

18. Linking with the PE Department Learning about the culture of a country Developing leadership skills Learning and practising Spanish outside the classroom Positive role models Spanish through handball Lymm High School Image area

19. Independent learners Role models Responsibility Communication skills Confidence Reflective learners www.sportsleaders.org Foreign Language Leaders Award Bramcote Hills Image area

20. ‘Meanings that matter’ Links to other curriculum areas Practical learning opportunities Teamwork Context of sport and health Droitwich Spa Image area

21. Bev Whiteside Education Development Manager bev.whiteside@youthsporttrust.org +447825 065183

22. The Language of Sport II Available from www.youthsportdirect.org YST Membership www.youthsporttrust.org/membership

24. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission can not be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Project number 143337-LLP-1-2008-1-DE-KA2-KA2NW