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Junior School Enrichment Programme: What’s in a language?

The Academy Junior School (JS) celebrated Telugu language week from Monday, 02 September to Friday, 06 September. The Telugu week was concluded with a special assembly held on Friday, 6 September where students participated in different activities and performed in front of their colleagues and teachers. This was followed by few engaging sessions, highlighting the significance of learning mother language.

An Inspirational Story

Grade 6 and 7 Portuguese language and literature students have been studying a unit about documentary making and have focused on techniques used in Lusophone contexts to depict the lives of street children. During the unit the students learned about many of the reasons why children find themselves surviving alone on the streets, and the consequences of living in such uncertain circumstances.

Celebrating Swahili Day 2018

Swahili Day is a day that has been set aside by the school, every year to celebrate the Kiswahili language and culture of the Swahili people. This year marks eleven years since the start of these celebrations.

MYP Students – English Language Acquisition Unit: Fences and Wings

Our Year 6/7 (English Language B) students are eagerly exploring issues in Social Justice – a view that everyone, by virtue of being human, deserves to enjoy the same economic and social rights, regardless of race, culture, socio-economic status, gender or other characteristics.

Focus on language development / Foco no desenvolvimento da língua

Professional development session on language development

Language consultant Eowyn Crisfield joined us for three days this month to continue our focus on using a translanguaging approach to develop our students’ language skills.

Government teachers complete Tier 2 of intensive English training

The Hyderabad Academy Outreach Department launched Tier II of PLES (Professional Learning for Educators Series) in June 2017 for 30 government secondary school teachers, aimed at English language acquisition and improving classroom pedagogy.

Government teachers complete Tier 2 of intensive English training

The Academy Outreach Department launched Tier II of PLES (Professional Learning for Educators Series) in June 2017 for 30 government secondary school teachers, aimed at English language acquisition and improving classroom pedagogy.

Academy Signs MOU with French Government and Alliance Francaise

AKA Mombasa is one of six pilot schools to sign the MOU which gives it exclusive benefits to French language-learning resources.

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