Rachel Hawkes presented at the Online Association for Language Learning (ALL) ‘The June Event’ on Saturday 20 June 2020. View the presentation on the NCELP Resource Portal.
Read MoreTwo NCELP Specialist Teachers have been interviewed for a new series of films by BBC Teach designed to promote evidence-based best practice methods for languages teaching at KS3. MFL Teaching Aids – BBC Teach: 1. Making phonics an indispensable tool in language learning (KS3). Jenny Hopper (NCELP Specialist Teacher), Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School 2.…
Read MoreWe have prepared Resources Logs and Language Guides that are suitable for learners in their first couple of years of learning French, German or Spanish. Each Resources Log (Excel spreadsheet) contains links to a full two-lesson resource; individually split phonics, vocabulary and grammar resources; the quizlet vocabulary set for each week; weekly audio vocabulary learning…
Read MoreWe know that all teachers are working very hard to manage the impact on their pupils and schools in these difficult times. We have made some updates to the Resource Portal to reflect the change in practice arising from school closure. Two new pages are available from the home page of both our main NCELP…
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. This latest version takes on board feedback from NCELP network schools and includes Y7 Terms 1 and 2.…
Read MoreRachel Hawkes presented “When less is definitely more: integrating planned and spontaneous target language use with content teaching” at the annual Association for Language Learning Conference in Manchester on 13 March 2020. The workshop focused on the decisions that inform teacher and student use of the target language and English in secondary foreign language classrooms.…
Read MoreNCELP has launched its first assessments, which are fully compatible with the Year 7 Schemes of Work for French, Spanish and German. The tests assess both receptive and productive language use for each strand of NCELP pedagogy (phonics, vocabulary and grammar) up to the end of Term 2.1. The assessments have been developed using Qualtrics, an…
Read MoreSpecialist teachers attended the third NCELP Residential in York on 27-28 February, developing their knowledge of KS2 Grammar, KS2 Transition, and the principles of assessment of phonics, vocabulary and grammar. In addition they shared resources created within their hubs, discussed Schemes of Work (SOW) developments and planned the programmes for their second hub conferences, due to…
Read MoreDavid Shanks presented ‘Vocabulary: What’s in a word?’ at the fifth of a series of 5 sessions for ALL (Association for Language Learning) at King Edward VII School, Sheffield today (Wednesday 26 February 2020). This final session focused on key MFL Pedagogy Review recommendations for teaching vocabulary, research-informed practice and explore the following questions: ·…
Read MoreEmma 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…
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