Developing school programmes

A school and its community will establish their vision for learning languages and their priorities for the school programme through the school strategic plan.

To bring the strategic plan to life, the overall programme needs to address:

• issues that relate to the nature of language learning;
• the need to use curriculum guidelines, and the status that will be given to learning languages in the curriculum;
• the need to plan for continuity of teaching and learning;
• the need to establish an effective environment for language learning;
• the need for language teachers to gain professional support and development.

Each of these aspects is discussed, in turn, in this section. Templates for planning a school programme are given in the 'References and resources' section.

Summary
The overall school programme needs to address:

• issues that relate to the nature of language learning;
• the need to use curriculum guidelines and the status that will be given to learning languages in the curriculum;
• the need to plan for continuity of teaching and learning;
• the need to establish an effective environment for language learning;
• the need for language teachers to gain professional support and development.

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