Reference
E/CU3/4/1
Title
File of correspondence including:
Date free text
1975 - 1988
Production date
From: 1975 To: 1988
Scope and Content
- report - “Modern Languages in Bedfordshire”, draft and final version;
- discussion as to possibility of teaching French in primary schools;
- memorandum regarding proposed deployment of advisory language teachers;
- statistics analysing teaching of French in middle and lower schools with observations and recommendations arising from compiling the statistics;
- criticisms of national pilot scheme on teaching French in primary schools;
- discussion of needs regarding French teaching in East Bedfordshire;
- memorandum by Chief Education Officer on Modern Languages in Bedfordshire, drafts and final version;
- draft document - “A Language Policy for the School”, in response to the Bullock Report;
- notes of visit to Leicestershire Education Authority to see policy on language teaching;
- Nuffield Primary French Questionnaire completed with Bedfordshire information (thirteen pages of questions);
- correspondence with Yugoslav Embassy regarding embassy leasing a classroom in Bedford on Saturday mornings for the teaching of Serbo-Croat to local Yugoslav children;
- progress report on implementation of a county policy on the teaching of French from age 9;
- note on European Studies in Bedfordshire;
- notes and programme of a conference to discuss findings and implications of Her Majesty's Inspectorate report on language provision in Bedfordshire, at Bedford College of Higher Education;
- discussions regarding French ministerial decree on “Tolérances Grammaticales ou Orthographiques” and how this would affect marking by the various Regional Boards;
- memo regarding ensuring heads of department know what to do regarding language assistants and mistakes;
- letter from a parent and negative reply regarding possible use of peripatetic teachers for teaching French in primary schools;
- statement - “Language Laboratory Provision and Policy in Bedfordshire”;
- report of Chief Education Officer and County Treasurer regarding language teaching systems in school;
- list of schemes and costs regarding language teaching systems at seven upper and high schools; - dissatisfaction of headmaster of Sharnbrook Upper School that his school was not involved in the Local Education Authority pilot project on language teaching systems in schools
Level of description
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