{"id":118,"date":"2015-06-19T09:40:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T09:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/anntest3\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2015-06-19T09:40:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T09:40:33","slug":"modern-languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmarys\/modern-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learning a new language encourages children and young people to broaden their horizons as they explore the language and its associated culture.<\/p>\n<p>Through\u00a0 learning of a new language pupils:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>gain a deeper understanding of their first language and appreciate the richness and interconnected nature of languages<\/li>\n<li>enhance their understanding and enjoyment of their own and other cultures and gain insights into other ways of thinking and other views of the world<\/li>\n<li>develop skills that they can use and enjoy in work and leisure throughout\u00a0 life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The study of language plays an important role in all language learning and the development of literacy skills.<\/p>\n<p>Pupils develop and extend literacy skills when they have opportunities to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>communicate, collaborate and build relationships<\/li>\n<li>reflect on and explain literacy and thinking skills, using feedback to help them improve and sensitively provide useful feedback for others<\/li>\n<li>engage with and create a wide range of texts in different media, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by ICT<\/li>\n<li>develop an understanding of what is special, vibrant and valuable about their own and other cultures and their languages<\/li>\n<li>explore the richness and diversity of language, how it can affect them and the wide range of ways in which they can be creative<\/li>\n<li>extend and enrich vocabulary through listening, talking, watching and reading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning a new language encourages children and young people to broaden their horizons as they explore the language and its associated culture. Through\u00a0 learning of a new language pupils: gain a deeper understanding of their first language and appreciate the richness and interconnected nature of languages enhance their understanding and enjoyment of their own and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmarys\/modern-languages\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Modern Languages<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27218,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}