You'll already know that I am very positive about primary languages and that I am determined that it should succeed. I know that there are a number of schools where teachers are apprehensive not only about teaching the language, but about how they are going to fit it in to their already busy days. I also know that there are a number of head teachers effectively burying their heads in the sand, not taking proactive steps to ensure that effective teaching will be in place in September.
There is already a huge amount of support available, much of it free. How do we get the message across to schools about this support and where it is? Here is the free support that I know about. Please, if you know of anything else, let me know and I will add it to the list.
Social media
Fora
Blogs
¡Vámonos! Lisa
Stevens’s blog, with an emphasis on Spanish and using technology.
Janet Lloyd Network All sorts of
useful links, information and resources, plus Janet's blog Primary Language Learning Today.
Devon Primary Languages Lots of
resources and information
Bonjour Madame Emilie
Woodroffe’s blog, with practical ideas for the classroom
Zapatito Inglés Erzsi Culshaw's blog, with lots of practical ideas for Spanish
Spanish Playground Good for
Spanish resources and ideas
Madame Belle Feuille Shannon Wiebe
is a French immersion teacher in Canada
Zen Kyo Maestro Jeremy Dean
is a British teacher living and working in Spain
On the web
Association for Language Learning
Guidance for Headteachers, Language Co-ordinators and Primary teachers
Resources for Primary Languages teachers
Guidance for Headteachers, Language Co-ordinators and Primary teachers
Resources for Primary Languages teachers
Getting Started with Primary French project - from the Institut Français, ALL and the Network for Languages, written by Catherine Cheater.
Especially:
GermanPhonology section (not as comprehensive as French and Spanish)
MFL Sunderland Schemes of
work and lots of resources for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 French and Spanish
Plus sound files to help teachers with pronunciation and upskilling podcasts for French.
Plus sound files to help teachers with pronunciation and upskilling podcasts for French.
West Sussex
MFL Hampshire Wiki Especially
good for intercultural links
Languages Online Australia
Northern Ireland Curriculum Resources
with sound for French, Spanish and German
Hertfordshire Grid for Learning Resources and
the Primary Languages Toolkit
Teaching Ideas Good ideas
for games and activities in the languages classroom
EuroClubSchools Excellent for
Intercultural Understanding in French, Spanish and Italian
Thanks for collecting all this together Clare! Very useful! Here’s one more: The Oxford German Network http://www.ogn.ox.ac.uk/ supports all things German learning and teaching, and more. Join the 700+ primary and secondary teachers on our mailing list to express your interest and receive updates re networking between the primary, secondary and HE sector: http://www.ogn.ox.ac.uk/german-survey. Stop Press: we are working hard behind the scenes on setting up a Modern Languages Forum. Watch this space! Best wishes, Heike
ReplyDeleteThere is also a lot of information, including a comprehensive Getting Started guidance pack, on the CILT Cymru website here: http://www.ciltcymru.org.uk/primary/
ReplyDeleteNorth of the border we're working hard towards supporting the implementation of a 1+2 approach to language learning, where all school children have the right to learn their mother tongue (L1) then begin their first additional language (L2) when they start school in Primary 1 (Reception), continuing with that L2 through to the age of 14. By 2020, all schoolchildren in Scotland will also have the right to learn a second additional language (L3), to be introduced no later than Primary 5 (Year 4). Whether or not you are in Scotland, here are two places primary teachers involved in teaching languages will find some useful support in terms of ideas for planning, resources, soundfiles and much more:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/0to9/a1plus2approachtolanguagelearning/introduction.asp?strReferringChannel=&strReferringPageID=tcm:4-615801-64 and http://www.scilt.org.uk/Primary/tabid/1291/Default.aspx
Pinterest eg http://gb.pinterest.com/b56c/
DeleteMy blog: http://funfrenchactivities.blogspot.co.uk
DeleteI would just add to the above websites: Linguafun (like Languagenut a pay-site) - 5 different languages and a mass of interactive resources with greater emphasis on listening and speaking.
ReplyDeleteThanks Clare for gathering all the information. It's very useful :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Clare. I have added a few of these to my list of primary French resources. I couldn't get the west Sussex grid link to work.
ReplyDeleteI notice the East Riding page has many dead links. Maybe all?
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