Engaging Welsh modern language learners in secondary schools: Mentoring as a proven practice

Jenkins, Lucy 2018. Engaging Welsh modern language learners in secondary schools: Mentoring as a proven practice. Scottish Languages Review 34 (Summer) , pp. 17-28.

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Abstract

This article will outline the recent context of language learning in Wales, setting out the workings of the project and consider how the MFL Student Mentoring Project has intersected with recent strategies to promote language learning to pupils beyond the compulsory language learning stage (age 14). It will evaluate the development of a digital mentoring platform, Digi-Languages, and begin to assess the value of this online platform for increasing motivation and appetite for language learning. Finally, this article will reflect on how providing insights into other cultures can motivate further young learners to study a MFL and how e-mentoring offers new opportunities for intercultural exchange between two first-language English or Welsh speakers.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Modern Languages
Publisher:	SCILT
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	28 May 2026
Last Modified:	28 May 2026 15:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/187268

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