INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the first issue of The Tranby Linguist, created to celebrate the diversity of languages and cultures across the school, and to offer an insight into aspects of the teaching of languages within Tranby.

This first edition focuses primarily on the Senior School and consists of submissions from pupils, items of interest written by colleagues, and issues of language pedagogy. I hope that you enjoy reading the contents and that you find the experience informative, enriching and thought-provoking.

Mr G Stephenson Head of Languages

‘If you talk to a man in a language he understands that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.’

Nelson Mandela