Using Grammar to Empower Learners in MFL: Practical Strategies for Success

Course code:

ML0032

With the renewed Key Stage 3 Framework for Languages following

the KS2 Framework for Languages closely, there is a requirement

for students to display knowledge about a language, together with

language learning strategies. It is therefore vital that teachers of

MFL deliver this in ways which engage learners and consolidate

and extend their grasp of key language structures.

This one-day course will offer delegates practical guidance on how

to teach and reinforce grammar effectively. It will offer tried and

tested strategies to aid students’ learning and provide stretch and

challenge for students including those aiming for A* grades.

Aims of the course are to:

Making the Target Language an Effective Grammar Learning Tool
Essential Grammar for KS3: Making Links and Transferring
Understanding
Making the Most of Tenses in Writing and Speaking: Hints, Tips
and Guidance
Effectively Using a Wider Range of Structures in Controlled
Assessments
Maximising the Potential of Reinforcement Strategies
Translation Starters and Essay Writing Frames
Successful Grammar Structures for A*: Ensuring Stretch and
Challenge in MFL

Who should attend?

Teachers of KS3 and KS4 MFL in Schools; Heads of MFL and

Curriculum Leaders of Languages.

Programme

9:30	Arrival, registration and coffee	13:15	Restaurant Lunch
10:00	Making an Impact in your Grammar Teaching • Successfully Teaching the Basics - For • Example, je, j’, j’ai, j’aime • Making the Target Language an Effective • Grammar Learning Tool • Essential Grammar Communicating Simply in the Past, Present and Future • Practical Strategies to Ensure Students Understand Different Tenses • Making the Most of Tenses in Writing and Speaking: Hints, Tips and Guidance	14:00	Making a Difference with Grammar at KS4 • Effectively Using a Wider Range of Structures in Controlled Assessments Practical Approaches to Make Grammar More Appealing Successful Grammar Structures for A*: Ensuring Stretch and Challenge in MFL
12:00	Coffee	15:35	Evaluation and close of course
12:00	Extending Student Utterances! • Making Best Use of Reinforcement Strategies: Translation Starters and Essay Writing Frames • Establishing a Corrections Policy

Tony E

Tony is an Advanced Skills Teacher and Head of MFL in a Manchester School that has Languages as a second Specialism. He is an author of several popular MFL textbooks and an inspirational trainer and presenter. Many of his articles have appeared in the Times Educational Supplement. Whilst Tony’s strategies can be transferred to any modern foreign language, the majority of his materials will be in French.

Suitable for:

Preparatory/Primary, Senior/Secondary, Special Schools, Post 16/FE Colleges

Availability:

Scheduled Events, In-school Training

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