Sentence examples for languages programme from inspiring English sources
He is director of the government-funded Routes into languages programme, which promotes the take up of languages in schools and universities in the UK.
He directs the Routes into Languages programme, which works with schools to increase the uptake of languages and highlight the career opportunities for graduates with languages.
Young people are bored with describing their pets and what they do at the weekend, says Mike Kelly, a former adviser on the Department for Education's steering group on languages and now head of the government-funded Routes into Languages programme co-ordinating attempts to increase the uptake of language degrees in England.
The modern foreign languages programme manager at CfBT Education Trust, Sophie Gaston, says that while the report shows areas for serious concern, it is also unearthed steps in the right direction towards improving the teaching of languages in the English school system.
For example in Bangladesh, BBC Media Action is supporting an English language programme which delivers training through interactive mobile voice response.
TheMakaton Charity has shared some interesting resources on this language programme which uses signs and symbols to help people communicate.
The BBC's Mr Tumble helps children with special needs through his use of Makaton (a language programme for individuals who can't communicate efficiently by speaking).
Why does Sørensen think Borgen, which started out as a small-scale foreign language programme airing in the twilight zone on BBC4, proved so popular in the UK? "I was quite surprised," she admits.
For several years, Orlando had been building a major tourist profile in Brazil, and Da Silva, a Brazilian businessman, had been reaping the benefits with his astonishingly successful Wise Up English language programme.
He chose to switch to a language programme, which he thought would be more beneficial than studying English literature "in a non-English speaking culture that doesn't even use the Roman alphabet".
In the wake of the fee hike, he persuaded the university to grant all first-year students free access to an extracurricular language programme as a means of "adding value".
