Association for Language Learning
The New GCSE: Training courses in Sheffield
Session 1: Fighting fit for the new GCSE
The first in a series of 6 evening events intended to support language teachers with their planning for the New GCSE. The sessions provide practical ideas and strategies for each of these issues to help teachers meet the demands of this new style of assessment.
Session 1: Fighting fit for the new GCSE - an introduction to the new assessment format Juliet Park, Director of Languages, Yewlands Family of Schools
With the introduction of terminal exams at GCSE the focus is again on long-term language development and formative assessment to ensure progression. Learners need to know where in the learning process they are. This session will provide an introduction to the New GCSE which will be taken by our current Y9 cohort, assessed for the first time 2018. KS3 learners need to prepare for the cognitive demands of this new examination format. Reading, writing, speaking and listening need equal development, learners need to apply grammar, build vocabulary, develop translation skills and access literary texts effectively. Top tips, practical strategies and free resources at your fingertips!
Juliet Park is an experienced Head of Languages, Director of MFL for the Yewlands Family of Schools, and Specialist Leader in Education for the Wakefield Academies Trust. She is a national trainer and writer of creative resources and Lead Practitioner on Formative Assessment with the SSAT and Dylan Wiliam. She is a lead INSET developer and trainer for AQA and is responsible for the new course on preparing learners for the new GCSE.
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Wednesday, Dec 9, 2015, 07:00 PM
King Edward VII School, Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2PW
Winter series continues...
14 Dec 2015 - Session 2: Teaching listening Sarah Brough, Education Adviser for Durham Local Authority
07 Jan 2016 - Session 3: Sowing the seeds for spontaneous speaking - developing real communication the language classroom James Stubbs, Head of MFL, Long Stratton High School, Suffolk
21 Jan 2016 - Session 4: Reading skills - meeting the new GCSE challenge Martine Pillette, Independent Languages Consultant, Author and Examiner
27 Jan 2016 - Session 5: Spontaneous writing Juliet Park, Director of Languages, Yewlands Family of Schools, SLE, Wakefield Academy Trust
04 Feb 2016 - Session 6: Memory - developing memory skills in language learning
Rachel Hawkes, Associate Deputy Principal and SLE, Comberton Academy Trust, Cambridge
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