We are hosting ‘An introduction to NCELP’ online conference on Friday 20 November, 09:00-15:30. You will be able to join language teachers from all over the country to learn about NCELP’s research-informed MFL teaching approaches and resources. Our new Key Stage 3 schemes of work are free, Ofsted-aligned and available for French, German and Spanish.…
Read MoreRachel Hawkes presented at The Language Show on 13 November 2020 to an online audience of language teachers. Revisiting the three Ps: presentation, practice and production – 13 November 2020, 4-4.45pm. This session is based on reflections after two years of work with NCELP (National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy) and includes 10 practical…
Read MoreRachel Hawkes presented ‘Strengthening the pillar of grammar (Grammar @KS2)’ at the Association for Language Learning (ALL) Primary Languages Conference 2020, on Saturday 17 October 2020. Rachel talked about how we help children build up their grammatical knowledge in a sequential and systematic way, which fits with their developing English literacy. She suggested ways of…
Read MoreToday we held a one-day research CPD event for NCELP Specialist Teachers (from our Lead Schools). The aims of the day were for teachers: To feel more confident about distinguishing ‘peer-reviewed’ research from other uses of the word ‘research’. To learn about some research into classroom practice, in order to begin to understand (a) the…
Read MoreWe’re hosting ‘An introduction to NCELP’ online conference on Friday 20 November, 09:00-15:30. You will be able to join language teachers from all over the country to learn about NCELP’s research-informed MFL teaching approaches and resources. Our new Key Stage 3 schemes of work are free, Ofsted-aligned and available for French, German and Spanish. They…
Read MoreEmma Marsden and Rachel Hawkes, NCELP Director and Co-Director respectively, presented at the Inside Government National Modern Foreign Languages Conference 2020 on 7 October 2020. Emma’s keynote gave a snapshot of NCELP’s activities including CPD & resources, she highlighted the alignment between NCELP & Ofsted’s Framework, talked about making grammar matter through reading & listening…
Read MoreWith some students in school, some students self-isolating at home, occasionally more significant local school lockdown or partial lockdown, it’s key that teachers have effective ways to set work for those students who are absent, whilst at the same time planning for and teaching those in front of them. Teachers who are already using the NCELP…
Read MoreLaurence Anthony (Waseda University) and members of the NCELP team – Natalie Finlayson, Emma Marsden, Rachel Hawkes and Nick Avery – presented the paper: ‘Extending vocabulary profiling to languages other than English’ at the Japan Association for English Corpus Studies (JAECS) 46th Annual Conference, 3-4 October 2020. From the abstract: “…In this presentation, we will…
Read MoreThe University of York has been awarded £1.45m of government funding to continue its work to support foreign language teaching in schools. The extension funding for the University’s National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy (NCELP) will help the centre extend the reach of its work to promote pioneering teaching and encourage more pupils to…
Read MoreNCELP is pleased to share news relating to our Year 7 and 8 schemes of work. All of the documents below are now freely available on the NCELP Resource Portal. Please feel free to forward to your networks. Year 8 scheme of work ‘overview’ for French, German, Spanish. This two-page document summarises the key specifications…
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