Rachel 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…
Read MoreNCELP sessions at upcoming external event(s): Inspirational Curriculum Design in languages…to ensure success, Rachel Hawkes, 27 November 2019, PiXL MFL Conference 2019 Curriculum Design: Intent, Implementation and Impact in Languages at KS3 (and KS4), Rachel Hawkes, 28 November 2019, King Edward II School, Sheffield (part of the ALL Winter Series) Vocabulary, Rachel Hawkes, 30 November 2019,…
Read MoreEmma Marsden (NCELP Director), Rachel Hawkes (NCELP Co-Director) and David Shanks (NCELP Research Specialist) will be on the panel to review the content for Modern Foreign Languages GCSEs. Review of subject content for GCSE Modern foreign Languages: Independent panel members (link to DfE website)
Read MoreRachel Hawkes gave a presentation at the Asociation for Language Learning (ALL) North East event, Newcastle on Saturday 19 October 2019. Why is vocabulary so important? What does it mean to know a word? Which words do learners need to know? How many words do they need to know? How can they best learn and…
Read MoreThe Association for Language Learning (ALL) Yorkshire Winter Series will showcase the work of NCELP. The series title is: Towards Excellence. Understanding, Improving and Promoting Language Learning. All sessions will take place at 5.30 – 7.00pm at the King Edward VII School, Sheffield. Sessions are as follows: Session 1 Curriculum Design: Intent, Implementation and Impact…
Read MoreEmma Marsden presented at the National Modern Foreign Languages Conference 2019, on 15th October in Central London. Download the presentation ‘NCELP: Linking research on language learning and teaching with classroom practice and curriculum design
Read MoreRachel Hawkes gave a presentation at the ISMLA Conference, The Beacon School, Buckinghamshire on Wednesday 9 October 2019. Small step-changes in our practice can sometimes have a significant impact on the learning in our classrooms. In this session Rachel gave an introduction to the research- and practice-informed NCELP pedagogy being developed in response to the…
Read MoreRachel Hawkes gave a presentation at the French Teachers’ Days, Institut Français, London on Saturday 5 October 2019. In this session she briefly reviewed motivation for language learning in the UK context then, leaving aside factors beyond teachers’ control, focused on the practical pedagogy and classroom factors that teachers can influence to increase the intrinsic motivation of…
Read MoreThe second NCELP residential took place at the University of Oxford on 6-7 September 2019. Once again, the two day residential brought together 18 Specialist Teachers with researchers, CPD providers and resource developers. Themes for the conference were the online digital game ‘Gaming Grammar’, using and balancing the target language and English in the classroom,…
Read MoreEmma Marsden presented to the Association for Language Learning’s (ALL) Initial Teacher Education and Training SIG on 2 July 2019 at York St John University. Download the presentation ‘NCELP: Linking research on language learning and teaching with classroom practice
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