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Giving students something to say in French at Key Stage 3

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022Oxford Secondary
Vif Key Stage 3 French

An eternal challenge with language learning is bridging the gap between students’ interests and their beginner language level, so what can we do to ensure they stay motivated?

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Inclusive Classrooms: How can we make our MFL classrooms and lessons more inclusive?

April 25, 2022April 21, 2022Oxford Secondary
Taking positive steps together

Jose Garcia shares what he keeps in mind when he’s planning lessons or writing resources to help make MFL more inclusive.

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Inclusive Classrooms: How can we normalise different gender identities in the MFL classroom?

December 6, 2021November 26, 2021Oxford Secondary
Taking positive steps together

Sadie Thompson reflects on how to sensitively and respectfully make sure that we are including those students who are coming to terms with what their gender identity might be in the context of the #MFL classroom.

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5 ideas of how to bring German to life in the classroom

September 6, 2021September 10, 2021Anneli McLachlan

Paradoxically, being at home for twelve months has made the world more accessible for those students, who have access to a solid internet connection. Virtual field trips, virtual concerts and museum visits have opened the doors of possibility for intercultural understanding. Nowhere is this more relevant than in the language classroom, where an insight into […]

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Initial thoughts on proposals for new GCSE content and assessment for MFL

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021Mariu Hurriaga
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In 2019, the British Academy, the Royal Society, the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering produced a shared statement calling on the UK Government to adopt a national strategy for languages. They were concerned that the “UK’s poor language capacity has resulted in the loss of economic, social, cultural, and research […]

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Awarding Grades Summer 2021

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021Mariu Hurriaga

We will soon know Ofqual final decisions about awarding grades for GCSE and A Level students this summer. Their consultation closed just over a week ago and has received a record number of responses, not only from educators but also from the young people whose grades are at stake. In our profession we are all […]

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Speaking endorsement for MFL GCSE 2021

November 18, 2020February 9, 2021Oxford Languages Team

Last week we saw the final criteria for the MFL speaking endorsement published by Ofqual ( link here ). For our colleagues in English this is not a new thing, but for us in MFL it is a novelty and as such it has raised a certain amount of uncertainty and concern. How can we decide fairly […]

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Language teaching in September – what might it look like?

June 25, 2020July 14, 2020Oxford Languages Team 2 Comments
Teacher listening in classrooom

Aprender a dudar es aprender a pensar (‘Learning to doubt is learning to think’). -Octavio Paz In March this year, school life as we know it shuddered to a halt, and as we write, when and under what guise it will fully return remains unclear. Over the past few months, teachers and students will have […]

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Our top 3 talking points for Language World 2020

March 10, 2020February 9, 2021Oxford Languages Team
Language World - Association of Language Learning

Are you heading to the Association of Language Learning conference this weekend? Here, authors of ¡Claro!  José and Tony share what they’re looking forward to… Of Primary Importance One of the first things that struck us when we received the programme for Language World 2020 was the healthy number of talks and workshops relating to primary language learning. We […]

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Why learn a language? : My story by Leyla Vladar

January 7, 2020February 9, 2021Oxford Languages Team 2 Comments
How language-learning has changed my life: Luke Baxter

Meet Leyla the second language lover in our series introducing you to inspirational individuals with real-life tales of language-learning journeys that have changed their lives for the better. We hope these stories will help inspire your students to opt for a modern language (or two!)

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