LANGUAGES AND MULTILINGUAL PROJECT
NEWMAN’S MULTILINGUAL PROJECT
OUR GOALS
Learning through culture
En Colegio Newman nuestro sabemos que aprendizaje de un idioma no es sólo dominar una lengua, no es algo mecánico, implica una dimensión mayor. Es learn about their culture and history. Therefore, in the college, we implemented the teaching of languages through its tradition and readings. We consider it essential to the learning of a second language from a historical context or literary and at the same time close to the students.
Immersive oral and written process
We encourage immersion in the language through different daily activities and day-to-day, so it learns a so natural and realthrough the experience, and in a particular context. Also with exits and other complementary proposals to reinforce to students the use of language in situations outside the school context.
A playful approach to language
From Early Childhood Education onwards, we introduce new language through engaging, age-appropriate activities such as games, songs, drama, role-plays, activities, arts and crafts...
Know the world
Opening up to new possibilities and experiences is what allows a school to evolve continuously, innovate, and avoid being carried along by the inertia of what has already been established.
We want to make international education accessible, attractive and easy to embrace. We are interested in both students and teachers to consider their learning possibilities are multiplied when they open themselves to the world.
Our goal is to train people who are passionate about reality in all its dimensions, who understand their connection to the world, and who feel a sense of responsibility towards building a better world.
¿What we educate, but to prepare for the world? The school is a place to prepare for the world of men in the world. We can not in any way prevent to immerse themselves in the world, with its winding roads, principles and maxims, when the time comes; what we do is prepare for the inevitable. And no one ever learns to swim in troubled waters if it does not go ever in them." (J. H. Newman)
English at Newman
El Inglés en nuestro colegio no es una asignatura más. Desde Early Childhood Education, pasando por EDUCATION, hasta llegar a Secondary y Bachillerato, nuestros alumnos viven un proceso de inmersión en el idioma, desde la oralidad hasta la escritura. Así conseguimos un nivel muy alto de inglés al final del recorrido educativo que les permite cursar carreras universitarias en esta lengua o estudiar en el extranjero.
Complementary activities are tailored and coordinated by our teaching staff with the aim of strengthening classroom learning at every stage and to give opportunities to students with higher proficiency. Activities such as English-language plays, visits to museums and outdoor excursions conducted in the English language all to encourage deeper immersion.
Our English language programmes place special emphasis on catering to the diversity of students, recognising the uniqueness of their individual objectives. We have additional teaching staff to create smaller groups, allowing a more individualised and efficient attention.
We are an official Cambridge examination centre for Secondary students, ensuring the quality of our teaching. By the end of Primary (Year 6), students achieve the B1 level (Cambridge PET), while Secondary students obtain the First Certificate (B2) and Advanced (C1).
Bilingualism in Early Childhood Education
In Early Childhood education based learning in the communicative approach in which English becomes the element of essential communication between teachers and students. Little by little, through games, songs, stories, role-plays, activities, plastic, dances, etc... the kids begin to incorporate the English as the medium of communication with their teachers and peers.
A complement of this process of acquisition and learning with a methodology of approach to literacy in a synthetic way. The the method employed is own along with “Read and Write, Inc.” whose continuation is developed focused on the writing in Primary Education.
Through careful planning, engaging activities and a motivating atmosphere, our teachers make the most of the time students are exposed to English, ensuring effective and enjoyable learning.
Bilingualism in Primary Education
Building on the foundation from Early Childhood Education, teachers in Primary Education - especially in the first cycle (Years 1 and 2) - maintain a playful, oral-based approach to literacy.
A third of the school day is conducted in English by qualified teachers with advanced linguistic competence, ensuring the most is made of every English-learning opportunity, whether with the main teachers (or language assistants).
In Primary, we have also innovated English teaching by splitting all daily English sessions into smaller groups, allowing for more personalised instruction that takes into account the diversity and needs of each class.
English learning is enriched through culture and literature, avoiding purely mechanical learning. We consider it essential to the learning of a second language from a historical and literary context and that is also relatable to students. Students expand their vocabulary, grammar, historical and scientific knowledge and literary understanding, while developing fluency, pronunciation and written expression.
In addition, “Sports” is a subject taught by an native American teacher, encouraging students to express themselves and to use English in a natural way.
English in Secondary and Baccalaureate
In Secondary School and Baccalaureate, students receive more English instruction than the legal minimum. From CSE and later in Baccalaureate, the English language programmes are aimed at maintenance and refinement of the level acquired. These programs also consider the diversity of students, recognizing the distinction between core learning goals and individual objectives.
The curriculum is designed to maximise practices across different language skills: speaking, listening comprehension, written expression, reading comprehension, vocabulary and use of grammar.
Projects and collaborations
Stays abroad
The college offers its students from Year 6 the possibility of enjoy stays in Ireland, England and the USAduring school quarter or in the summer. The main objective is to strengthen the language skills of the English language, acquired through a process of immersion in an environment of English, appropriate in each case to the student's age.
Summer Camp
For pupils in Early Childhood Education and a primary, the school organises a Summer Camp during the month of July. Each year’s activities, trips and workshops, follow a different theme and allow a total immersion in the English language.
Play in English: "The Wizard of Oz"
In Year 4 of Primary, pupils perform The Wizard of Oz in English. It is performed in the month of April and it is shown to all parents. Preparation begins with reading and working through the book in class, followed by rehearsals and staging the production.
Masterchef Competition in Year 6
En nuestro colegio celebramos cada año Masterchef Newman, un proyecto de la asignatura de Inglés de 6º de Primaria que ya se ha convertido en una auténtica competición. Se lleva celebrando desde hace más de 12 con el propósito de aprender a usar el inglés en un entorno natural, en constante uso y aprender además vocabulario de alimentos y recetas, mientras se lo pasan bien y disfrutan. Los alumnos se dividen en 15 grupos y cada grupo piensa y decide qué menú quiere confeccionar y elaborar y posteriormente un jurado decide cuál es el ganador. Todo ello en inglés.
Speaking and Conversation Projects
In CSE and Baccalaureate, students regularly take part in paired speaking and conversation sessions, where teachers assess their oral skills and progress.
Italian at Newman
Italian is the language of arts, music and gastronomy. At Newman, we offer students the chance to study a foreign language that is both easy to understand and easy to learn. In class, our students are prepared for official exams such as the CILS (the Certification of Italian as a Foreign Language) and the EVAU (the Spanish University entry exam) through a communicative approach with which they can practice the 4 skills:
Understand and express themselves both orally and in writing, reaching levels B2 and C1 which allows them to raise the average EVAU to achieve their goals.
In keeping with our motto to open students up to the world, 4th CSE students take part in study trip to Italy, staying with host families for a full immersion experience.
Some students also stay two or three months in Italian school, which in turn sends their pulpits to spend a term our school.
We also run collaborative projects with Italian schools, including letter exchanges, Padlet activities and group work via the eTwinning platform.
It is one of the minority languages in terms of speakers, but, precisely for this reason, we know that specialising in it brings many benefits. Many of our alumni have studied at Italian universities through the Erasmus programmes, while others have gone to work in Rome, Milan, Florence...
Finally, others need Italian for competitive exams or advanced studies such as doctorates and master's degrees.
Projects and collaborations
Progetto Post
The students of 2nd year of High school talk with students of the same etapto school Italian on the topics that interest them. Make it through posts on the APP Padlet. With this project, the students get a better fluency of the written languagespeaking of the themes that they love, and they have in common, and in addition, make virtual friends!
Language assistants
Each course we have the opportunity to have among us 3 or 4 Italian assistants who work with Year 1 of Baccalaureate students and support the Italian department at Newman. They are language assistants who join us for a term, helping to enrich students’ conversational skills. In addition, they give a cultural presentation about their country or city.
E-Twinning
Nuestro centro está inscrito en el portal e-Twinning y ha desarrollado un proyecto internacional de intercambio de correspondencia entre alumnos dentro de este marco con el colegio italiano Liceo Giuliano della Rovere (Savona).
Spanish course for international students
We offer intensive Spanish language courses for students from the international schools we work with. We offer a language course, guided tours and accommodation in family homes.
Language School
As part of our extra-curricular activities, we also have a Language School where we offer English, French and Italian. You can visit our extracurricular section to learn more.
Questions frecuentes
¿Por qué el aprendizaje de idiomas en el Colegio Internacional J.H. Newman va más allá de “dar clase de inglés”?
En el International College J. H. Newman entendemos que aprender un idioma no es algo mecánico: implica conocer su cultura e historia, y por eso también se trabaja a través de la tradición y de lecturas y literatura, buscando un contexto histórico o literario cercano al alumno.
¿Cómo se consigue que el alumno use el idioma de forma real (inmersión)?
Con un proceso inmersivo oral y escrito apoyado en actividades cotidianas y cercanas al alumno, para aprender “de un modo natural y real”, reforzado con salidas y propuestas complementarias fuera del contexto escolar. Además, los profesores de inglés hablan exclusivamente en inglés en cualquier contexto, ya sea dentro o fuera del colegio.
¿Qué certificaciones de inglés se realizan?
Our colegio internacional en Madrid es examinador externo de Cambridge en Secundaria; en 6º de Primaria se puede obtener B1 (PET) y en Secundaria se puede optar a B2 (First) y C1 (Advanced).
¿Qué iniciativas concretas conectan los idiomas con experiencias internacionales?
Organizamos estancias en el extranjero (Irlanda, Inglaterra y EE. UU. desde 6º de Primaria), Summer Camp con inmersión completa en inglés, teatro en inglés (“The Wizard of Oz”) y el concurso Masterchef Newman en 6º de Primaria.
¿Cómo nació el Colegio?
El Colegio Internacional J.H. Newman, colegio concertado en Madrid, comenzó en la primavera de 1998, donde un grupo de amigos profesores plantearon el deseo de hacer un colegio capaz de expresar todo lo que nos había construido como personas y que pudiera hacer cercana a todos una posibilidad de significado completo para la vida.
En septiembre de 2005 el Colegio Internacional J.H. Newman abre sus puertas a los primeros alumnos en el Barrio de las Rosas de Madrid.
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