Languages - Subject knowledge enhancement courses

12 week SKE courses in French and in Spanish will run from 1 June to 20 August 2020, having been awarded funding for another year by the Department for Education. The programme is unique in that it is:

• Fully face-to-face, as opposed to fully or partly through distance learning;
• Includes two full immersive weeks in France or Spain with the participants getting tuition at the Centre International d’Etudes de Languages, near Brest, or the Soleã School of Languages, in Valencia, as well as staying with families;
• Participants will be taught and examined, at both GCSE and A level, using the new (2016) specifications, examinations and resources, in combination with our own materials and approaches.

Our SKE courses are fully funded. You should not need to pay tuition fees and participants will get a net bursary of £200 per week. These courses are open to anyone who has secured a place on an MFL Teacher Training Course for the academic year 2020–21, at Plymouth Marjon University, or elsewhere. 

The course is taught over June, July and August, allowing you to have a 2 week break before the very rewarding PGCE year. It involves intensive study which will:

• take you to GCSE standard, in the first 5 weeks (CEFR A2)
• take you to AS level in the next 2 weeks of the course, in Brest or Valencia (CEFR B1.1 -B1.2)
• take you to A2 level in the final 5 weeks of the course (CEFR B1.2 - B1.3 - B2)

The Department for Education funds SKE programmes in

• biology
• chemistry
• computing
• design and technology
• English
• geography
• language
• mathematics
• physics
• religious education

Language teachers usually teach two languages in their school and a SKE course equips you with the subject knowledge to teach an additional language, which will increase your employment prospects. You can now complete two fully funded SKE courses to refresh your main teaching language and to study another language. Your training provider will decide the length of each SKE course you may need.

For further details about SKE programmes and the funding available go to the Get into Teaching website. For further information on our SKE courses in French and in Spanish please contact Marie Forster at LEC@marjon.ac.uk. 

How to apply: You apply direct to the University for the SKE - contact Marie Fortser LEC@marjon.ac.uk.