Languages teaching and learning present their own challenges when pupils transfer to Secondary school. Prior to widespread use of the Key Stage 2 Framework the situation on transfer to Secondary school is likely to present a somewhat mixed picture.

Even if all pupils in a Year 7 class have studied the same language at Primary school they may have been taught in very different ways or have covered very different areas of vocabulary and different grammatical structures.

CILT 7-14 transition project

The CILT 7-14 transition project is focusing on the following areas of work:

• To research examples of good practice in transition 
• To produce successful models and new approaches to teaching and learning particularly in KS3 to support effective transfer and transition 
• To identify national/regional/local needs influencing the different types of guidance that schools will be looking for in order to ensure smooth progression in languages from KS2 to KS3, e.g. multilingual classrooms, selective schools, the range of languages taught.
  

For more advice, guidance and information and a wide variety of resources produced by our Local Authority partners, visit the CILT Transition project website.