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Early years

Thumbnail photo of Margaret Layden, project co-ordinator of Playbusters

Language learning in the community

How the Playbusters project in Glasgow has helped parents and children to learn Spanish together.

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Bilingual Development in the Early Years

An overview of research in the area of bilingual and bicultural development by John Landon.

Thumbnail photo of French words on cards

Early years language-learning in a local authority

How language-learning in the early years is developed and encouraged at local authority level. Read guidelines, advice and examples of practice.

Primary girl studying Gaelic on a computer screen

Supporting Gaelic learners

Gaelic learners at Portree Primary School are supported by a variety of ICT to improve literacy skills in science, social or health-based topics.

Photograph of primary boy pointing to pictures and words on an interactive whiteboard while a teacher looks on

Learning Gaelic vocabulary with ICT

To practise their Gaelic vocabulary, Primary 1 children use an interactive whiteboard to choose the right words to complete sentences, and name animals and objects.

Lots of different types of fruit displayed in a stand

Using digital photos in the classroom

Following the success of David Rayner's article on PowerPoint in the classroom, in this feature he concentrates on using images in teaching. There are step-by-step guides for beginners on how to use images in PowerPoint.

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