A new collection, useful for teachers wishing to see how and where cultural content is integrated into the NCELP Schemes of work.
Read MoreDiscover upcoming NCELP events and keynotes and presentations by NCELP team members at sector-wide events and conferences.
Read MoreWe are pleased to release updated versions of our Year 7 Term 2 achievement tests. The test is designed to assess students’ knowledge of a principled sample of phonics, vocabulary, and grammar (PVG) features. Changes have been made in line with enhancements made to the Y7 NCELP Schemes of Work prior to the start of…
Read MoreWe are pleased to release the Year 8 Term 2 assessments. If you are following the NCELP Schemes of Work, the ‘assessment week’ is Week 4 of Term 2.1. The Year 8 test is similar in style to the achievement tests released in Year 7, in that it is designed to assess students’ knowledge of…
Read MoreAll our Year 8 Language Guides have been updated to include Term 2 of the Year 8 NCELP schemes of work. Each guide provides succinct grammar explanations, vocabulary lists, and a phonics guide to support students’ independent learning for the first and second term of Year 8 of French, German and Spanish. They include QR…
Read MoreNCELP approaches to remote teaching and learningGiven the announcement that schools will be closed until at least mid-February/March, you might like to visit NCELP approaches to teaching and learning during COVID-19 which includes information about NCELP lessons recorded on Oak National Academy, links to our Language Guides as well as Gaming Grammar. All freely available! Teacher Professional Development…
Read MoreWe have updated the Year 8 Schemes of Work (SOW) and SOW overviews to reflect amendments made during the creation of Term 2 resources and the trialling of Term 1 lessons within the hub network. The new versions of the SOW replace previous versions on the NCELP Resource Portal. Visit the Schemes of Work webpage…
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that Gaming Grammar, our digital game designed to support foreign language grammar teaching and learning, is freely available to all as an App on Apple and Android devices as well as via web browser. The game teaches grammar through listening and reading practice called form-meaning mapping, a research-based teaching approach…
Read MoreRachel Hawkes presented at the Association for Language Learning (ALL) London webinar held on 12 December 2020. Making practice meaningful Meaningful practice activities provide an element of language control whilst compelling students to making meaningful choices when carrying them out. The session examined the principles of task design and explored a wide range of examples…
Read MoreRachel Hawkes presented at the Association for Language Learning (ALL) London webinar held on 5 December 2020. Culture and cultural capital in the language classroom Most (all?!) teachers would say that language and culture are linked, and you can’t teach one without the other. What do we mean when we say this? What is culture…
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