The 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
Read MoreNCELP will be featured in the following event(s). National Modern Foreign Languages Conference 2019, 15th October 2019 in Central London. Emma Marsden will be giving an invited plenary on NCELP at the above events. She also spoke at the following events recently: National Association of Language Advisors annual conference, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 28th June 2019.
Read MoreRachel Hawkes presented to primary and secondary languages teachers at the Sussex Languages Conference today, with a focus on the key changes to teaching phonics and vocabulary. Download the presentations from the NCELP Resource Portal: Phonics Vocabulary
Read MoreRachel Hawkes presented the work of NCELP at the Association for Language Learning (ALL) London summer event at the Institut Français today. View the presentation on the NCELP Resource Portal.
Read MoreEmma Marsden gave an invited plenary about NCELP and OASIS at the Annual Chinese Teaching Conference 2019 at the Confucius Institute UCL IoE today.
Read MoreThe work of NCELP is publicised on the Association for Language Learning (ALL) website. ALL is an independent registered charity and is the UK’s major subject association for those involved in the teaching foreign languages at all levels. Read the article More about ALL
Read MoreEmma Marsden presented the work of NCELP at the Cognitive Benefits of Bilingualism Symposium at the British Academy yesterday (29 May 2019). Preview and download the presentation: Linking research and language learning and teaching with classroom practice: The National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy (NCELP)
Read MoreToday sees the launch of the NCELP Resource Portal, an open, searchable, and sustainable database for materials supporting language learning and teaching, particularly in the areas of vocabulary, phonics, grammar, meaningful practice, corrective feedback in interaction, and motivation. All NCELP resources are evidence-based and underpinned by peer-reviewed research and especially draw on the recommendations of the…
Read MoreIn an ariticle published on the MULTILINGUALISM: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies (MEITS) website, Rachel Hawkes, Emma Marsden, Nick Avery, Rowena Kasprowicz and Robert Woore talk about NCELP’s approach to pedagogy and focus on each of the three pillars – phonics, vocabulary and grammar – and their resonance with language awareness approaches. NCELP aims to develop…
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