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Esme Salgado

@botonessalgado.bsky.social
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Head of MFL & Lead Practitioner at Princes Risborugh School. Advanced Skills Teacher. Microsoft Innovative Educator. Author. Blogger.CPD provider.National Teaching Awards Silver Winner. ⏬ mflcraft.blogspot.com #️⃣ #MFLBluesky

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Silvia Bastow FCCT @fraubastowmfl.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Just returned from the 2 day #LW25 conference & still buzzing.Loved presenting, learning & catching up with people. @all4languages.bsky.social @botonessalgado.bsky.social @cristahazell.bsky.social Looking forward to the next one. Best subject specific CPD! So much wisdom & free sharing #mflsky
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tlanguageguru.bsky.social @tlanguageguru.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
What a wonderful 2 days at the Language World 2025! Thanks to two special colleagues @botonessalgado.bsky.social @fraubastowmfl.bsky.social but above all thank you @all-london.org.uk
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MFL-Swavesey @mfl-swavesey.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Very inspired by @botonessalgado.bsky.social ! So many fantastic and refreshing ideas! #LW2025
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
SOS!! New post on the blog about how to maximise our Y11 students’ skills in the next three months before the GCSE exams. mflcraft.blogspot.com/2025/02/sos-... #mflbluesky
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SOS: So after the Y11 mocks, what?
We just completed our second set of mock exams for Y11 before the February half-term and after analysing results, most students missed the n...
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
New Post on the blog on the use of questions in the MFL classroom to scaffold students production in a mixed ability classroom. Full of scripts of the actual questions and wording in a specific scenario mflcraft.blogspot.com/2025/02/skil... #mflbluesky
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Skilful Questioning in the MFL mixed ability classroom: adaptive and responsive teaching
As I am recovering from an operation at home, I have been thinking a lot about adaptive and responsive teaching, what I call Spinning the ...
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I have been playing with udio.com and created a couple of songs for Y7/8 to practise key vocab. This one is for Y8 on “where I live”. After creating the song I downloaded it as a mp3 file & created several listening tasks with it, including a karaoke to sing together. www.udio.com/songs/hUqwjh...
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Salgado - Casa en la Costa ext v1 | Udio
Listen to Casa en la Costa ext v1 by Salgado on Udio. Discover, create, and share music with the world. Use the latest technology to create AI music in seconds.
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Dr Kedi Simpson @kedisimpson.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Reminder if you're near-ish to Oxford. We'd love to see you at this event face to face or online! I will be there with @robertwoore.bsky.social , @cateh.bsky.social and @botonessalgado.bsky.social For all your listening needs AND a free pass out of a Friday period 5 lesson! Win-win!
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Thank you David Binn from Sanako for coming to @PrincesRisbSch to talk to Y9s on Monday. What an inspiring talk to promote languages at GCSE level.
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Join me on 30th January for a FREE webinar hosted by Languagenut on developing listening skills at GCSE. You can join in the link below. ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focusing-o...
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Focusing on listening skills for Secondary exams using Languagenut
Let's improve your listening skills for GCSE with Languagenut and guest speaker Esmeralda Salgado in this online event!
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Learn how to teach listening skills effectively at the Association for Language Learning Oxford Conference on 28 February. Join in-person or online. Book your place ➡️ bit.ly/ALLOxford2025 #MFLBluesky
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Have a wonderful Christmas break, everyone! This is my last blogpost, Part 4, on my thoughts/strategies, for the new GCSE in MFL. All about oral/written production, using too AI. mflcraft.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-.... #MFLbkuesky
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The NEW GCSE: It's all RETRIEVAL. PART 4 PRODUCTIVE structured Practice and developing FLUENCY
Merry Christmas to all! What a term this has been! I hope you can now relax with your loved ones and enjoy the festive season. As I have now...
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Mr E @theniceman.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The recording of the presentations by @botonessalgado.bsky.social and me at last week's STALL meeting are available to members on the @all4languages.bsky.social website: www.all-languages.org.uk/secondary/
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Secondary Zone - Association for Language Learning
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Thank you to ALL for hosting our STALL meeting this evening. Here’s my presentation view.genially.com/6750ab56e0a573…
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Great ideas form @theniceman.bsky.social (Vincent Everett) on developing fluency at GCSE. Happening now!
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Mr E @theniceman.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
You're missing @botonessalgado.bsky.social talking about getting pupils communicating on the topic and everything else follows. Then it transfers to other topics. If you signed up to STALL it's happening now!
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Mr E @theniceman.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Just a reindeer: If you are signed up for @all4languages.bsky.social STALL tonight with me and @botonessalgado.bsky.social it's in an hour or so!
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Mr E @theniceman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
If you signed up for this week's STALL with me and @botonessalgado.bsky.social on spontaneous speaking and the new GCSE, it's tomorrow! Just a reindeer in case you forgot!
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
We are expanding so we are hiring! If you would like to work in a wonderful MFL department in a really rewarding school, come and work with us. We have a vacancy for a MFL teacher at PRINCES RISBOROUGH SCHOOL part of Insignis Academy Trust www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
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Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages, Buckinghamshire - Tes Jobs
Princes Risborough School, United Kingdom
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
I have all my teaching and learning resources, they get updated as I modify them, for KS3, on my blog here 👇 mflcraft.blogspot.com/p/new-teachi... all for free. Include links to many interactive tasks and audio material using AI. #MFLBluesky
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NEW Teaching & Learning Resources at KS3 based on the NEW 2024 GCSE
As you may know, I started a new teaching job in September as Head of MFL at Princes Risborough School. I has been a very exciting but also ...
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Come and join us next Thursday for our virtual meeting with @theniceman.bsky.social and myself when we will be talking about strategies to develop fluency for the new GCSE. #MFLBkuesky docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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STALL Group (ALL) virtual meeting 12th December 7-8pm
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Learn how to teach listening skills effectively at the Association for Language Learning Oxford Conference on 28 February. Join in-person or online. Book your place ➡️ bit.ly/ALLOxford2025 #MFLBluesky
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All Abroad! Bus / Julia Vogado (founder) @allabroadbus.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
#MFLBluesky : NEW “Host a culture and language celebration day” package for primary & secondary schools, in 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸 - developed by Institut Français, Consejería de Educación en el Reino Unido and Goethe-Institut UK - available for FREE c/o #NCLE ncle-language-hubs.ucl.ac.uk/culture-days...
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Helen Myers @helenmyers.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for the popular French Teachers' day held at the historic Institut français. London. Registration and links here: institut-francais.org.uk/french-teach... Please share! #MFLBluesky
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French Teachers' Day - Institut Français · Royaume-Uni
Come and join us to celebrate the International French Teachers’ Day! Are you teaching French in primary or secondary school? The Institut français floor is yours! This year’s edition of the French Te...
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
STALL (Secondary Teachers at ALL) Next meeting : Thurs 12 December 2024 on Zoom from 19h00 Spontaneous Speaking – planning strategies * preparing the foundations for spontaneous speaking * the Spontaneous element of the new GCSE Speaking test Join us!! Booking: tinyurl.com/STALLDec24
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STALL Group (ALL) virtual meeting 12th December 7-8pm
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
New post on the blog on ways to use AI to maximise retrieval practice in passive structured production. @joedale I hope it is useful! mflcraft.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
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The NEW GCSE: It's all RETRIEVAL. PART 3 PASSIVE structured Practice using AI
This blopost Part 3 is all about Retrieval of vocabulary and structures in the Structured Practice of our learning journey. When I think of ...
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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
It was a privilege to be part of Pearson’s Speaking Your Language Podcast series. There are currently 7 epsisodes in the series. Mine is Episode 1 where I talk about motivation and engagement in the languages classroom. Check them out. www.pearson.com/en-gb/school...
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Speaking Your Language Podcast
Speaking Your Language Podcast
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