Tried and tested: The ultimate guide to teaching primary languages

This book provides you with practical, easy-to-implement classroom ideas and strategies for teaching and leading MFL in a primary school and will support you to prepare for MFL Ofsted ‿deep dives‿. Includes practical ideas provided, from curriculum design, long, medium and short term planning with real examples in French and Spanish.

About the author

Wendy Adeniji is principal of Trinity Academy Doncaster. She is a practising MFL teacher, trainer and author of language learning resources used by more than 1000 primary schools in the UK and abroad. Wendy has previously worked as an Ofsted inspector and has supported many schools to prepare for the 'deep dive' methodology.

Juliet Park is director of MFL for the Share Trust, a languages teacher and a national MFL consultant supporting schools and large academy trusts. She is a successful author of languages resources, an experienced examiner and regularly delivers training for awarding bodies and trainee teachers.

Summary

Supporting you to prepare for Ofsted 'deep dives' into modern foreign languages, Tried and Tested offers practical, easy-to-implement ideas and strategies for teaching and leading MFL in primary school. Wendy Adeniji and Juliet Park provide a huge number of classroom ideas, with real examples in French and Spanish so you can see how they work in practice. Challenge, differentiation and mixed-age teaching are covered, as well as how to motivate children to learn a foreign language and how to teach vocabulary, phonics and grammar.

Linked to the 2019 Ofsted inspection framework and in line with the key stage 2 national curriculum programme of study, Tried and Tested explores memory and cultural capital, as well as innovative strategies for using stories and songs. You will learn how to assess progress using age-related expectations and will be provided with access to real examples of lesson plans, curriculum-planning documents and resources.

'Whatever your primary language teaching need or question, this is the go-to guide' - Sam Henderson-Tucker

Product details

• Authors: Wendy Adeniji, Juliet Park
• Publisher: Hodder Education
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 18 to 99
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.02.2022
• EAN: 9781913622947
• ISBN: 978-1-913622-94-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 208 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 300 g
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, For primary education, Teachers' classroom resources & material, Educational: Languages other than English, Teachers’ classroom resources and material, Educational: First / native language, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts