How one or two carefully constructed strategies can have a huge impact on MFL results in your schools.

What’s positive in the Curriculum and Assessment Review for modern languages Firstly, it’s genuinely encouraging that the Review recognises the importance of language learning for our changing world...

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Here's a guest post from the wonderful Esmeralda Salgado: Revitalising Languages Through Innovation and Research-Based Practice Three years ago, I took on the role of Head of MFL at Princes Risborough...

Group Talk – a simple but effective way to get students to enjoy speaking in MFL I first came across the Group Talk technique in 2009 and I implemented it consistently with 2 classes from 2011-2016 an...

Find out how this simple, easy to implement technique helps students to enjoy speaking a foreign language.

Why students should learn the rules of pronunciation in French, Spanish and German using ‘Synthetic Phonics’ Pronunciation is often treated as the “poor cousin” of vocabulary and grammar in modern for...

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Analysing GCSE Modern Languages Results: A Strategic Approach for Heads of Department It’s GCSE results today tomorrow and I wish everyone the very best. Here are some suggestions to help you analyse ...

Using my Spanish in real life I’ve recently had the experience of using my Spanish at quite a high level, to liaise with Spanish ‘abogados’ and help prepare a court appeal and to organise a care home ...

Checking for Whole Class Understanding in Foreign Language Teaching Ensuring that all students understand the content being taught is essential for effective learning, especially in MFL classrooms. C...

What advice does Paul Nation’s book on ‘Teaching Vocabulary: Strategies and Techniques’ have for MFL teachers? Following Professor Paul Nation’s webinar in April (watch it here https://lnkd.in/ey4BvsU...

Association of University Language Communities in the UK and Ireland national conference in Liverpool I was fortunate to attend this event last week, and, although I am a secondary trained language te...

Are all words created equal? It was an absolute pleasure to listen to Paul Nation’s webinar on Tuesday evening. He very clearly explained the rationale behind focusing on the most frequent words in a ...

High frequency vocabulary: The most useful words to learn in a foreign language I’ve been an MFL teacher for over 30 years and for the last 17 years I’ve been…

Stockport Technology in Languages conference Stockport Grammar School kindly hosted our fourth Tilt (Technology in Languages conference) on 20 March…

Here's what you need to know about the first report from the Francis review

We talk about pace plans a lot when talking about teaching and learning, and being a keen runner, I absolutely love this analogy. One of the Regional Directors I work with refers to Year 11 as thre…

What are the 90% most frequent words in a language and how can they be learned?

In person or online training? As many other people who deliver training will have noticed, even well after the pandemic, we have moved to a world where a large…

How can technology really make a difference to language learning? Technology is continuing revolutionise the way we learn languages, making the process more…

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Developing students' listening skills - a guest post from Marie Massé Often described as a passive skill, I have always found listening intimidating. Almost…

Designing great assessment in MFL I was really interested to read EEF's 'Designing great assessment' over the weekend, which you can find here:…

It will look at effective assessment design at KS3 and KS4 and includes a focus on hinge questions and question level analysis.

What should summative assessments in MFL look like? Through my work with many schools and multi-academy trusts, I see many different types of assessments. I’m…

A wealth of ideas and activities to help students learn vocabulary and grammar at KS3 and KS4 to prepare students for the 2026 GCSE.

This OA book proposes a way forward to effectively teach knowledge and complex cognitive skills in school and achieve equitable opportunities.

New York is home to some 700 languages, many of which have only thousands or hundreds of speakers worldwide.

Sathnam Sanghera explores social and emotional after-effects of the 1944 Education Act.

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How can we make MFL vocabulary ‘stick’? This question is one that is frequently posed to me, and a topic that I’m often asked to give training on. It’s been a…

A wealth of ideas and activities to help students learn vocabulary and grammar at KS3 and KS4 to prepare students for the 2026 GCSE.

Maths, literacy and science skills have declined since 2019

Emma Marsden and Rachel Hawkes | 17th December 2024 | Policy Papers • Policy change: • New curricula for GCSE French, German, and Spanish were released by the DfE in 2022, for first examination in 2026. About 250,000-300,000 16-year-olds are likely to take these exams every year. • Many aspects remained the same as DfE (2014), including similar rationales to broaden horizons and promote skills including meaningful interaction. • Innovations included: reduced amounts of grammar; detailed

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How to evaluate MFL lessons I visit a lot of lessons while doing MFL and whole school reviews, and so I’ve probably seen thousands of lessons in my life, after…