Rachel 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 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…
Read MoreRachel Hawkes, co-director of NCELP, spoke at Language World, the ALL (Association for Language Learning) annual conference this weekend. In her plenary, she focused on the recommendations of the Pedagogy Review and their relevance to the new Ofsted Framework. Unpacking some of the core recommendations for phonics, vocabulary and grammar, she gave specific examples of NCELP’s approach…
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