Foreign
Secretary champions languages for London students
 Regional Language Network (RLN) London has launched a new
toolkit to motivate businesses and schools to promote language
learning – which has now been given the thumbs up by
the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband.
Students from Hornsey School for Girls, who were partnered
with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in RLN London’s
Business Language Champions programme, were invited to meet
with the Foreign Secretary to share their experiences of visiting
the FCO. Their teacher, Ann Reid, felt that the visits had
made a real impact. “Even though they live in London,
they rarely, if ever, get the opportunity to see behind the
scenes of big London companies or offices. The visits gave
the students something to aspire to.”
 The new toolkit shows other schools, colleges and businesses how
they too can work together to help young people see how important
languages are for their future. The Business Language Champions
programme in London, which is funded by the Department for
Children, Schools and Families, has worked across 11 London
boroughs in 2007/2008 and involved over 400 students. You can
read our case studies and download the toolkit from our website
at
www.rln-london.com/champions.
For more on the Hornsey students’ meeting with the Foreign
Secretary, download our press
release.
Jane Collis, Director – Regional Language Network London |
