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English and Communication Resources

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English, Communication and Media

  • English section of Weblinks - A very useful website hosted by Sheffield College.
  • Further Education News - This website provides up to the minute news and features about further education
  • Skillset - Skillset is the Sector Skills Council for Broadcast, Film, Video and Interractive Media. You will find information on careers in the arts, skills profiles and strategies as well asrelated news and links.
  • Visual Thesaurus - This is an impressive resource and may be useful for more advanced students in English. I found it useful to read the Guided Tour first. Click on the title above or the following link to access the site directly.

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Workshop Materials

    English website resources

    Media Studies website resources

    English, Communication and Media

    Moving Image Education - The Moving Image Education website's structure reflects the widely adopted '3Cs' model of media literacy development - Critical understanding, Cultural access and Creative activity - in its analyse - create -explore sections, which offer all kinds of ways to develop moving image education, for all kinds of groups and ages. It also has a growing resources section, containing downloadable films, teachers’ stories and research.

    A micro-site from LTS which aims to support literacy across learning provides lots of information about parts of speech, punctuation, grammar and syntax as well as tricky spellings. Knowledge of Language.

    Moving Image Education in Scotland - This publication by Scottish Screen highlights the role moving images and media can play under Curriculum for Excellence, especially in literacy. Download PDF of Moving Image Education in Scotland.

    The Communication Trust - graphic of The Communication Trust logo -

    The purpose of The Communication Trust is to raise awareness of the importance of speech, language and communication across the children's workforce and to enable practitioners to access the best training and expertise to support the communication needs of all children. Visit the website.

    Literature Working Group Policy - The Scottish Government on 12 February 2010 published the Literature Working Group Policy. Among its various recommendations is the introduction of a compulsory question at Higher Grade on Scottish literature. View the online version.

    Sentence Trouble - screen capture from Sentence Trouble website - At least 60% of young people in the youth justice system have communication needs, which means that over half of these young people do not understand what people say to them or find it difficult to get their message across. The Sentence Trouble website includes a forum and resources and advice to support staff working with this group.

    Media Literacy Conference: Prague (March 2009) - A media literacy conference was held as an official event of the Czech Republic presidency in the Council of the European Union.

    Access the conference website. Access and view the presentations.

    View an overview of European Commission activities on media literacy.

    World Book Day

    World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland. Visit the official website.

    BBC Filmmaking Guide - The BBC have a new online filmmaking guide where you can learn about filmmaking and the exhibition process, from pre-production through to marketing and distribution. Browse through the website topic index.

    European Commission: Media Literacy - View the EC web pages on media literacy.

    A study in late 2007 ascertained current practices in implementing media literacy in Europe.

    View the UK profile.

    First World War Poetry Digital Archive - Bringing the work of nine First World War poets to a new generation. The poetry resource is placed within the wider context of the war as it affected the ordinary men and women of the time. View the online resource.

    Curriculum for Excellence: Literacy and English: experiences and outcomes - Access and download information about the experiences and outcomes from the title link above.

    Placebook Scotland - Placebook Scotland is a web-based resource, developed by the Scottish Landscape Forum, which will draw upon people's experiences of Scotland expressed through the arts. People in Scotland are being encouraged to submit images, words and music representing their experiences of distinct landscapes of Scotland. Go to PlaceBook Scotland website.

    Illuminating Practice

    HMIE Showcase for Excellence

    Media: On-line magazine project - Adam Smith College (01/04/11)

    Curriculum for Excellence

    Learning and Teaching Scotland: Literacy and English

    Case Study

    Glasgow Met Radio Video Case StudyGlasgow Met Radio image

    Glasgow Metropolitan College, May 2010
    Students at Glasgow Metropolitan College run their own radio station. All of the programming is devised, produced and presented by students. This project allows students to gain experience across the range of industry skills while building their confidence and portfolio of work.

    Learning and Qualifications

    Subject Specific Information

    Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework

    The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides a common lanscqfguage to help everyone understand the variety of qualifications available in Scotland. The Framework helps people to access and plan their education and training to meet their full potential.
    The SCQF websitehas regularly updated resources for learners, policy makers and all stakeholders in Scotland.

    Recognition of prior learning toolkit

    The SCQF RPL toolkit explains recognition of prior learning and there are activities to support facilitators working with learners. 

    Download a copy of the SCQF RPL toolkit.

    SQA Understanding Standards: English