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UNDERSTANDING, IMPROVING AND PROMOTING LANGUAGE LEARNING

Our mission is to improve language curriculum design and pedagogy, leading to a higher uptake and greater success at GCSE

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Call for applications: MFL CPD Courses

The call for applications is now open for the NCELP Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Courses. Our free CPD courses will take an in-depth look at Modern Foreign Language (MFL) curriculum design and pedagogy, and will run across three terms in the 2022 calendar year.

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Classroom materials

Find schemes of work and classroom-ready resources which are research-informed and in line with the new Ofsted framework.

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Professional development

Learn more about the pedagogy with our FREE professional development courses to improve language teaching and learning.

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Language Hubs

We support a national collaborative network of language teachers and their schools to raise the standards of language teaching.

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What people are saying about us

ALICE HARRISON, HEAD OF LANGUAGES, REDDISH VALE HIGH SCHOOL

“We have been thrilled to have free access to such a well planned and structured scheme of work. The resources are so well organised and easily adaptable for our classes. It has made a big difference to our workload.”

Lynne Kay, PGCE Course Leader for Modern Languages, Newcastle University

"Just to also say a big thank you for all the excellent resources you have created on the NCELP Portal. Awesome!...What's great is having the research, the underpinning principles and extensive resources all in one place"

Pippa Allenby, Primary MFL Outreach Teacher for KS2, St Bede’s Catholic College

"I think the KS3 SOW is inspirational! Thank you to everyone for all the resources and CPD information and videos. They are fantastic!"

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Support for teaching and learning during the pandemic

We have a range of materials to support Modern Foreign Languages education for pupils both at home and in the classroom.

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Gaming Grammar

A digital game designed to support foreign language grammar teaching and learning.

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Text profiling tool

A tool that 'profiles' texts to show the proportion of the most frequent word families contained in them.

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Research-informed resources

All our resources link wherever possible to other publicly available research summaries and tools.

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  • Resource Portal

    Explore our open, searchable, and research-informed database of materials supporting language learning and teaching.

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Latest from the NCELP Blog

19 May

Educator Testimonial

Former headteacher and primary adviser, Kathryn Wild, shares her experience as an Spanish learner using NCELP
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Image with text: Teacher Case Study: Joanna Cairns
15 Mar

Lead School Teacher Case Study

We interviewed Joanna Cairns, NCELP Course Leader, and Head of MFL at Archbishop Temple Church of England High School.
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15 Feb

Interview with Nick Avery, Spanish Resource Developer

Find out how an NCELP Scheme of Work is developed with Nicholas Avery, Spanish Resource Developer.
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Latest news

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23 May

Department of Education ranks 5th in REF 2021 results

York University's Department of Education has ranked 5th in the Research Excellence Framework 2021, according to Times Higher Education, with the department's research impact rated to the highest degree.
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13 May

NCELP interviewed by the Consejería de Educación

Professor Emma Marsden and Dr Rachel Hawkes were recently interviewed for TECLA by José Jiménez Serrano, Technical Adviser to the Consejería de Educación in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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12 May

Survey: Perceptions of Primary Languages in England

A survey has been launched for the Progression in Primary Languages project at the Institute of Education, University of Reading, aiming to explore views on the KS2 Languages Programme of Study, approaches to assessment of primary languages, and...
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11 May

How to boost MFL entries at GCSE and A level

As entries in modern foreign languages plummet, Professor Emma Marsden recently spoke to TES to explain how teachers can improve their delivery of MFL lessons and therefore boost uptake...
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6 May

A new approach to foreign language learning

A digital game developed by the University of York and the National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy (NCELP) in collaboration with the University of Reading, is helping to improve the way that children learn French, Spanish and German grammar.
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1 May

Natalie Finlayson presents for NCELP at BAAL Linguistics and Knowledge about Language in Education online event

30 April 2022 Natalie Finlayson, Senior Resource Developer, presented the following session at the BAAL Linguistics and Knowledge about Language…
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