Independent Language Centre

I have created this blog as somewhere to reflect upon the creation of a new academic course within Elements called 'Independent Language Centre'. The description of this course is as follows:

What it is: A place for students to study the language of their choice at the level of their choice, be it a home language or a second/third language. Each week will have a theme such as ‘Environment’, ‘Music’, ‘Traditions’ and a differentiated task to be completed by the end of the 3-lesson period. The second period of the three periods will be an independent study period.  
What it isn’t: Somewhere where students will be given a strict grammatical-based syllabus to learn a language or 1-1 tuition provided by the school in the student’s particular language choice. The school has always encouraged students to take in exams in languages other than those they learn in their regular MFL lessons, and this will continue to be the case. It may be the case that our Independent Language Centre students do wish to be entered by the school for a qualification at some point during years 9-11, but this will not be the primary focus of the ILC lessons.
What the staff do: Facilitate the individual, independent language learning of each student after liaising with parents. Students will be mapped against the European Language Framework to give them a level and encouraged to move on to the next level. Staff will introduce each lesson in an imaginative way and facilitate sharing sessions at the end of each 3-lesson period. Staff will talk to students each week on an individual basis about their progress and what they are doing to move on with their language studies.
What the staff cannot do: Teach individual students in the language of their choice. However, someone will need to regularly check the students’ work and offer feedback. For students studying a language not spoken by the teachers currently staffing this course (FR, ES, PT, JP, RU) they will need a tutor or adult who speaks the language to regularly check the work they are producing. This may be done for one hour during the middle of the three lessons or outside of school time.
Ongoing elements of the ILC course:Blog/Vlog: Students store their work in a multimedia blogReading Log: Students keep a record of books and articles they have read, programmes and films they have watched, songs they have listened to on their blog.Literature: During the course students choose and read a novel.
European Languages Framework (A1,A1+, A2, A2+, B1, B1+, B2, B2+, C1, C1+, C2) 11 levelshttp://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/elp/elp-reg/Source/Key_reference/EAQUALSBank_levels_EN.pdf