Motivate ALL your language learners!-Differentiation revisited, Manchester...
I had a lovely morning presenting for ALL at Manchester Grammar School. As promised pleased find below a copy of the slides I used for my "Differentiation revisited" session as well as an electronic...
View ArticleLearning Currency
I recently tweeted about an activity which I ran with one of my Year 10 groups and it was suggested that I shared the idea, so here goes. I wanted the students to develop some independent inquiry...
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Considering Starting Teaching Spanish? Do Not Fear-Help is at Hand…
Spanish has steadily been growing in popularity in the secondary MFL classroom over the past ten year. It is now considered as an attractive alternative to other European languages such as French and...
View ArticleLiverpool MFL Conference, 6th July 2015, Jaguar Rover
I had a great day in Liverpool at the conference organised by Hilary Jones of Network for Languages North West. Other speakers included OFSTED inspector Liz Kelly and the fabulous Juliet Park.A...
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Learning Vocabulary with FlashSticks
FlashSticks® are foreign language Post-it® notes, each printed with a foreign language word, their translation, an icon and phonetic support. The notes are colour-coded by gender too: BLUE notes for...
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Review: Languagenut, a Language Subscription Site with a Difference
Created in 2009, Languagenut promotes a fun, simple and engaging approach to language learning for KS2 and KS3 pupils. Although Languagenut has its HQ in the UK, it now has users all over the world in...
View ArticleMotivating Tools for Reading and Writing in the EAL and MFL Classroom,...
I had a fantastic time at #pracped15, the Practical Pedagogies conference organised by @russeltarr at the International School of Toulouse. It was great to meet new people and finally meet people I...
View ArticleTechnology In Language Teaching SANAKO Conference, Altrincham Grammar School...
I had a lovely morning today at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys with fellow language teachers and the SANAKO team.As promised, here are the slides I used for the session... Technology in Language...
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