Get involved in NCLE’s National Priority Projects
We are inviting schools to take part in our National Priority Projects, focused on two key themes in language education:
- Human-Mediated AI
- Intercultural Learning
These structured projects will be led and supported by the NCLE, with a small amount of funding available for participating schools.
Schools will have the opportunity to discover, test and co-construct innovative teaching approaches, developing them in their own classrooms with NCLE support and guidance.
Which Project Should I Choose?
1. Intercultural Learning
This project explores how language teaching can embed meaningful intercultural learning to broaden pupils’ horizons and increase motivation and engagement in languages.
Your project may explore questions such as:
- How can language teaching move beyond fixed or stereotypical views of culture?
- How should we teach and assess culture in language education?
- How can teachers and pupils draw on their linguistic and cultural knowledge through co-learning and shared expertise?
- How can language education motivate more pupils to take up languages and encourage engagement and inclusion through intercultural learning?
2. Human-Mediated AI in Language Learning
This project focuses on how AI can be used in language learning while maintaining teacher expertise, critical thinking and human agency.
The project may explore questions such as:
- How can schools develop teacher and pupil AI literacy while preserving critical judgement and human agency?
- What AI capabilities and limitations do pupils need to understand in order to use AI responsibly?
- How do pupils interpret and respond to AI-generated feedback, and how can teachers help them evaluate it critically?
- How can chatbots support speaking rehearsal while preserving teacher-led assessment?
How can I get involved?
- Expression of Interest
Complete the EOI form to express your interest and receive further information about each project.
Deadline for EOI submission is Friday 16th April.
Expression of Interest Form
- Project Planning Event
Selected applicants will be invited to an in-person planning event in London in June.
- Project Confirmation
Participating schools will be confirmed by mid-July.
If you have any questions on the project application process, please contact ioe.ncle@ucl.ac.uk.