2014 / 2015 Routes Into Languages PROJECTOR Cornerhouse’s formal education programme Routes into Languages is a national project funded by the Higher Education for students aged 14 – 19 Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The programme has created a number of regional consortia, where universities are working together, along with schools and Modern Foreign Languages colleges, to promote language learning. The Routes North West consortium is led Welcome to our Modern Foreign For more information about any of the by Manchester Metropolitan University, Languages (MFL) programme for study sessions listed below, please visit in partnership with the University of 2014 – 2015. cornerhouse.org/projector Manchester, University of Salford, University of Central Lancashire, University of Liverpool, Projector is Cornerhouse’s education For more information about foreign University of Lancaster, Edge Hill University programme, which uses film, moving image language films and special events which and University of Chester. and theatre to enrich students’ learning. may be of interest to MFL students, sign up to our weekly e-newsletter at cornerhouse. The Routes into Languages project offers Throughout the programme, there are a org/sign-up events that enthuse and motivate pupils to variety of MFL study sessions, which have take up and continue with language learning. been specifically programmed to support Projector MFL is supported Events include The Foreign Language GCSE, AS and A2 students of French, by Routes into Languages Spelling Bee Competition (Year 7); Language German, Spanish and Urdu. North West at Manchester Enrichment Events (Year 8 pupils); Film All sessions are led by native language Metropolitan University. and Culture Events (Year 9 & 10); Essay speakers. Writing for Film (Year 12 & 13) and GCSE & A Level Days. INSET and CPD sessions for teachers are programmed throughout GERMAN the year. For further information visit routesintolanguages.ac.uk/northwest/ AS/A2 Study Day: Screening: Good Bye Lenin! (15) events Good Bye Lenin! Dir Wolfgang Becker / Germany 2003 / 121 mins / In German with English Subtitles Tue 21 October 2014 Daniel Brühl / Katrin Saß / Chulpan 10:30 - 15:00 Khamatova / Maria Simon Recommended for AS/ A2 and equivalent The film starts in East Germany before the fall level German of communism; our hero, Alex (Daniel Brühl), £6 per student, 158 places describes how his mother (Katrin Saß), a true Doors open to school groups: 10:15 believer in the communist cause, has a heart attack when she sees him being clubbed by This interactive study day will explore the story police at a protest. She falls into a coma for of a family caught up in huge historical events. eight months, during which the Berlin Wall Discussion will focus on family relationships, comes down. When she awakens, her fragile the historical context of East and West health must avoid any shocks, so Alex creates Germany and the ‘disappearance’ of the an illusive reality around his bedridden mother GDR. There will be an introduction to the film to convince her that communism is still alive. in German and after the screening, students Good Bye, Lenin! delicately balances wry will be encouraged to reflect on the film and satire with its rich investment in the lives of develop their German speaking skills. Alex, his mother, and other characters around Led by Maggie Hoffgen, Freelance Film them. Lecturer

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Recommended for GCSE, AS and A2 or La Cour de Babel £6 per student, 158 places As part of Cornerhouse’s ¡Viva! Spanish Doors open to school groups: 10:15 equivalent level Urdu Tue 4 November 2014 £6 per student, 158 places and Latin American Film Festival, we will 10:00 - 13:00 This study day will address the theme of Doors open to school groups: 10:15 be running two study mornings for Spanish history and representation of war in film. school and college groups. The event Recommended for GCSE and equivalent It will introduce the notion of memory as Students will watch a full screening of the film dates and times are detailed below. Further level French we commemorate the First World War and this will be followed by a series of Urdu information on the films will be published £6 per student, 158 places Centenary this year. GCSE and AS/A2 level language exercises early 2015. Doors open to school groups: 09:45 based on the film’s main characters and Isabelle Vanderschelden will introduce the using the themes of home, family, self- This study morning will address the themes film in French, providing relevant historical respect and cultural diversity. The film is in of language learning and education in and contextual information as well as key Hindi (spoken Urdu and Hindi are the same GCSE Study Morning culturally diverse classrooms in France. vocabulary. though both languages follow a different Tue 3 March 2015 Isabelle Vanderschelden will introduce the writing script). Study session activities will be The screening will be followed after lunch by 10:00 - 13:00 film in English with some key French phrases a series of language exercises in French on only in Urdu with Urdu script. and vocabulary. The screening will include the film, its characters and the style of Jean- Recommended for GCSE and equivalent English subtitles and will be followed by a Led by Sheraz Ali, Urdu Lecturer at the level Spanish Pierre Jeunet. Themes discussed during the University of Manchester series of French language exercises based session will include childhood, relationships £6 per student, 158 places on the film and its characters. and the heritage film genre. The session Doors open to school groups: 09:45 will also include a short overview of digital Screening: Zindagi Na Milegi Screening: La Cour de Babel (TBC) special effects in recent French cinema. Dobara (PG) AS/A2 Study Day (School of Babel) (You Don’t Get Life A Second Time) Thu 5 March 2015 Dir Julie Bertuccelli / France 2014 / Screening: Un Long Dimanche de Dir Zoya Akhtar/ India 2011 / 155 mins / 89 mins / In French with English Subtitles Fiançailles (15) In Hindi with English Subtitles 10:30 - 15:00 () Katrina Kaif / Naseeruddin Shah / For a year, director Julie Bertuccelli followed Hrithik Roshan Recommended for AS/ A2 and equivalent the life of a class in a Parisian high school, Dir Jean-Pierre Jeunet / France 2004 / level Spanish which welcomes non-French speaking 133 mins / In French with English Subtitles Three best friends since school decide £6 per student, 158 places students aged between 11 and 15 who / / to take a long pending vacation to Spain Doors open to school groups: 10:15 have recently arrived in France. The result / Chantal Neuwirth / before Kabir gets married to Natasha. The is a lively and sensitive documentary André Dussollier / Ticky Holgado / one condition being that each friend has to that introduces 24 students of different Marion Cotillard undertake an adventure sport of his choice. During their road trip, they meet the beautiful nationalities whose aim is to learn to speak In 1919, after the end of World War One, a Laila (Katrina Kaif), and the three men stand French but also to live together, sharing young girl, Mathilde, is waiting for her fiancé, up to their biggest fears, and in the process, experiences and enriching each other’s lives. Manech, to return from the war. Though she rediscover their friendship. has been told he was killed on the battlefield, she refuses to accept that he is dead and instead starts her own relentless search to find him.