Emma Marsden presented ‘Grammar’ at the fourth of a series of 5 sessions for ALL (Association for Language Learning) at King Edward VII School, Sheffield today (12 February 2020). This session focused on one of the core components of language competence and a driver of the NCELP Key Stage 3 Schemes of Work: grammar! The…
Read MoreNCELP have produced audio screencasts on Phonics, Vocabulary, Grammar, NCELP scheme of work development and the new Ofsted Framework and NCELP. These CPD training materials will benefit anyone outside of the network project or hub teachers that could not attend the sessions. You can access the audio screencasts via the following collection on the NCELP…
Read MoreRachel Hawkes presented ‘How does explicity phonics teaching make a difference?’ at the third of a series of 5 sessions for ALL (Association for Language Learning) at King Edward VII School, Sheffield today (Thursday 23 January 2020). The MFL Pedagogy Review recommendations include (amongst others) principles for teaching phonics, vocabulary, grammar and their combination in…
Read MoreNCELP sessions at upcoming external event(s): Grammar, Emma Marsden, 12 February 2020, King Edward II School, Sheffield (part of the ALL Winter Series) Vocabulary, David Shanks, 26 February 2020, King Edward II School, Sheffield (part of the ALL Winter Series)
Read MoreNick Avery and Stephen Owen presented at the second of a series of 5 sessions for ALL (Association for Language Learning) at King Edward VII School, Sheffield today (Thursday 16 January 2020) Following the first session of the series on curriculum design (Rachel Hawkes), this session focused on NCELP’s development of schemes of work for…
Read MoreNCELP Schemes of Work are proposed as examples of how language knowledge and practice can be sequenced and re-visited systematically to support progression in the early stages of language development within a low exposure foreign language setting. The principles and processes that informed the SOW are described in this Rationale, Scope, and Key Principles document.…
Read MoreRachel Hawkes presented at the 30th Northern Primary Languages Show, organised by Steven Fawkes from the Association for Language Learning (ALL), and held at York St John University on Saturday 30 November 2019. Every languages teacher knows that vocabulary teaching and learning is vital. Learners can’t understand, say or write anything without knowing some words.…
Read MoreRachel Hawkes presented at the first of a series of 5 sessions for ALL (Association for Language Learning) at Kind Edward VII School, Sheffield, on Thursday 28 November 2019. The session entitled ‘Curriculum Design: Intent, Implementation and Impact in Languages at KS3 (and KS4)’ examined the key drivers of curriculum planning and the core components…
Read MoreRachel Hawkes, Co-Director of NCELP, presented to 600 teachers from 580 schools at the 27th PiXL Languages Conferences, held at Kia Oval, London on 27 November 2019. The presentation, entitled Inspirational Curriculum Design in languages…to ensure success, answers for languages the questions that drive the new Ofsted framework: What is the essential knowledge in your…
Read MoreRachel Hawkes gave two presentations at The Language Show, Olympia, London on Saturday 16 November 2019. Session 1: Vocabulary: what’s in a word? Every languages teacher knows that vocabulary teaching and learning is vital. Learners can’t understand, say or write anything without knowing some words. So, what is there to know? In this session Rachel…
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