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26/03/2014
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English To Be Taught As Foreign Language In UK School
A school in Leeds is to teach English as a foreign language due to the high number of foreigner students.
The Head teacher of City of Leeds School Georgiana Sale explained to Sky News the decision: "I do have native English speakers here but the English they speak isn't formal enough for the requirements of the new GCSE examinations that are coming in ... those are going to be a lot stricter on grammar, punctuation, spelling across the great range of subjects - it's not just for English."
Mrs Sale also explained the children would get extra lessons according to their needs.
Benedict Cumberbatch To Play Hamlet
Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is returning to the stage to play one of the most famous characters of Shakespeare's literature, Hamlet.
The star has been cast in the new production at the Barbican in London, where it will run from August to October 2015 and will be directed by Lyndsey Turner.
The actor has recently starred in 12 Years A Slave, August,: Osage County, The Hobbit and Star Trek films.
An additional three Welsh local authorities are set to benefit from a share of £2.1million of UK Government funding to support the development of heat network projects to create more efficient heating to buildings.
Funding Boost For Low Carbon Energy
The Minister for Energy and Climate Change Greg Barker has today announced the latest round of successful projects through the Heat Networks Delivery Unit that will provide heating to local homes and businesses through new projects using a range of low carbon technologies, including energy from waste or recovered heat taken from industry.
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Bridgend County Borough Council and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council are among the latest local authorities in England and Wales to benefit from the second round of funding distribution. Cardiff City Council and the City of County of Swansea were among the local authorities to benefit in round one as part of a scheme designed to help to drive down consumers’ heating bills and reduce emissions.
Local authorities in England and Wales were last year asked to bring forward ambitious and innovative proposals to develop and deliver heat networks that draw their heat energy from renewable, sustainable or recoverable sources.
(CVS/CD)
A school in Leeds is to teach English as a foreign language due to the high number of foreigner students.
The Head teacher of City of Leeds School Georgiana Sale explained to Sky News the decision: "I do have native English speakers here but the English they speak isn't formal enough for the requirements of the new GCSE examinations that are coming in ... those are going to be a lot stricter on grammar, punctuation, spelling across the great range of subjects - it's not just for English."
Mrs Sale also explained the children would get extra lessons according to their needs.
Benedict Cumberbatch To Play Hamlet
Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is returning to the stage to play one of the most famous characters of Shakespeare's literature, Hamlet.
The star has been cast in the new production at the Barbican in London, where it will run from August to October 2015 and will be directed by Lyndsey Turner.
The actor has recently starred in 12 Years A Slave, August,: Osage County, The Hobbit and Star Trek films.
An additional three Welsh local authorities are set to benefit from a share of £2.1million of UK Government funding to support the development of heat network projects to create more efficient heating to buildings.
Funding Boost For Low Carbon Energy
The Minister for Energy and Climate Change Greg Barker has today announced the latest round of successful projects through the Heat Networks Delivery Unit that will provide heating to local homes and businesses through new projects using a range of low carbon technologies, including energy from waste or recovered heat taken from industry.
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Bridgend County Borough Council and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council are among the latest local authorities in England and Wales to benefit from the second round of funding distribution. Cardiff City Council and the City of County of Swansea were among the local authorities to benefit in round one as part of a scheme designed to help to drive down consumers’ heating bills and reduce emissions.
Local authorities in England and Wales were last year asked to bring forward ambitious and innovative proposals to develop and deliver heat networks that draw their heat energy from renewable, sustainable or recoverable sources.
(CVS/CD)
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