1.Languages and ICT:Share and Dare to Be Free!Isabelle Joneshttp://isabellejones.blogspot.com@icpjones

2. Threats and opportunitiesShare to knowShare to growShare to flourishDare to be free 3. Team Starter: 2 minutes...Communicating in a foreign language makes you feel (one word) 4. Team StarterCommunicating in a foreign language makes you feel 5. The great CPD gap: school-based or ? ITT provision: change in the nature ofpartnership between universities andschools 6. Consultations on National Curriculum andPrimary Languages 7. Consultations on National Curriculum andPrimary Languages 8. The road ahead? 9. The road ahead? 10. OFSTEDObservationsExam pressureTeachers default teaching modeand willingness to innovate/take risks. 11. Evidence of planning 12. The E-Bac School context and ethos Perception of our subject within school by students andother departments 13. Key QuestionAre weor are we? 14. Time to re-focus on our main aim 15. What kind of language learnersdo you want? Confident speakers Passionate and committed Creative and spontaneous Learners with balanced language skills (receptive AND productive)/ good literacy skills Learners with a strong awareness of the countries where the Target Language is spoken Independent Resilient 16. GCSE Skills and Independence Cope with a greater degree of unpredictability Student independence: phonic rules, use of dictionary& verb tables. Understand and use more accurately a widening range ofvocabulary and structures, including some unfamiliar language=>intercultural understanding, inferences from English and/orother known language, use of para-linguistic clues (visuals, tone ofvoice, bold, italics etc), memorisation techniques. Understand and discuss issues and opinions =>Knowledge of a range of structures, connectives and synonyms,linking ideas & points of view in a well-organised way. Give full description and accounts=>proofreading ability, peer assessment & support, memorisationtechniques.http://www.tagxedo.com/artful/b1b08e0632244c74 AQA GCSEspecification-context and purposes 17. Share to know:Fostering student independence Getting ideas to develop Independence andstandards of learning & teaching Facts about set-ups to develop better learners andbetter linguists (e.g. time allocation, KS2-3 transition) Find out about good practice to future-proof ourlinguists (to A Level and beyond) 18. Share to know:Developing speaking Teacher use of the Target Language Opportunities for students to speak the language fora real purpose Safe environment for speaking Pronunciation and student confidence: for or againstchoral repetition? Something to aim for: Group Talkhttp://www.teachfind.com/teachers-tv/mfl-implementing-group-talk-initiative-and-other-strategies 19. What should we do?Get involved! 20. Share to know 21. Share to know:Social Media and Web ToolsTwitter MFL resourcesDiigo TESFlickrPinterestSlideshareYouTubeBloggerFacebook 22. Share to know#mfltwitteratti 23. Share to know 24. Share to know 25. Share to know 26. Share to knowTeaching topics RepinBoard by topicButtonFollow each other Mobile app 27. Share to know 28. Share to know isabellejones 29. Share to know 30. Share to know Yahoo groups- mfl resourceshttp://www.mflresources.org.uk/Join the yahoo group from this page 31. Share to knowTES Resources http://www.tes.co.uk/MyPublicProfile.aspx?uc=694292&event=21 32. Share to know 33. http://isabellejones.blogspot.com Share to know 34. Share to grow 35. Share to grow 36. Share to grow 37. Share to flourish 38. Share to flourish What is creativity? One ingredient: Divergent thinkingI define Creativity as the process of having original ideas that have valueSir Ken Robinson 39. Share to flourishWhat does creativity look like in the classroom? Students are actively and emotionally engaged Different learning styles are catered for Students have ownership of at least some of the content Students are given time to explore and research There is built-in time for students to reflect on their learning and improve the outcome Students make connections between different curriculum areas and their own experiences Questioning is actively encouragedideas connections 40. Share to flourishHow can Social Media Support The Development ofCreativity in The Languages Classroom?By sharing ideas with teachers that may have tried similaractivities before: practicalities, pitfallsBy providing examples of ready-made and tried-and-testedresourcesBy providing an interaction with a worldwide audienceBy providing a source of advice, support and peer-to-peertraining for language teachers 41. Share to flourishArt: colours and descriptions, biographies, use of visualsand 3D hooksMusic: rhymes, sounds and rhythmDrama: role-play/ puppetsHistory: a new slant on what the familiar e.g. ww2Geography: Barcelona, Paris, the environment, fair tradeDance: cultural aspects, use movement to rememberMedia studies: looking at advertising or short filmsCultural awareness and identity: celebrate & promotediversity through using pictures, music, the French &Spanish-speaking world 42. Share to flourish Factors affecting the way we teach/ studentslearn (Is the cross-curricular strategytransferable?) Foreign language learning and teaching-aunique part of the curriculum? Wholeschool/ Faculty tools to support thedevelopment of students independence(PLTS/SEAL/ICT-grammar, phonics/AFL) 43. Share to flourishAre you ready to go boldly? 15 Nov2012http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6300174 44. Key Answer 45. Dare to be Free 46. One last thing 47. 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