Primary Foreign Languages: French
Practical Workshop: Basic Language Skills Confidence Booster French
Lack of teacher skills and confidence is cited as a key barrier to the effective teaching of MFL in primary schools. This workshop is aimed at non-specialist teachers and teaching assistants who lack confidence in their own skills and subject knowledge in French. This workshop will explain some key concepts and equip participants with a small toolkit of fun games, songs and activities that will help develop the confidence needed to teach French in the primary classroom. During the workshop, we will model the methodology that we advocate using with children, enabling participants to experience first-hand how effective these strategies are in supporting participation, building confidence and ensuring that knowledge sticks. Participants will leave this workshop feeling enthused and significantly more confident in their own abilities to teach primary MFL.
Content:
- discussion of the many benefits of class-teachers being the person who delivers MFL teaching in the primary classroom
- discovery and explanation of basic pronunciation rules, key phonic patterns and spelling rules
- discovery and explanation of key grammar concepts including adjectival position and adjectival agreement
- modelling of how to teach a simple finger rhyme
- introduction to a small selection of simple but highly effective games that can be used to introduce new language and revisit high frequency language
Target Audience:
This workshop is ideal for anyone involved in teaching foreign languages, including class teachers, teaching assistants and new subject leaders. Delegates will be fully supported with opportunities to practice the language and try out a range of activities using carefully selected activities.
Trainers:
Dawn will be working alongside Odette Hunt to deliver this course.
Odette is an experienced and well-respected Primary Languages Consultant. She works closely with schools, providing bespoke CPD and in-class support, training courses, workshops, conference presentations and runs her local primary languages support network. Drawing on her previous experiences as a Primary school teacher, Odette is convinced of the need for language learning to be grounded in Primary methodology and linked to other areas of pupils’ learning. She is the founding director of and Course Leader at PQ France Ltd, which offers grant-funded language and methodology courses in Carcassonne, France.
Dates and Venues:
Location: Bury Business Lodge, Europa House, Barcroft St, Bury, BL9 5BT
Date: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Registration: 1pm Session: 1.15 – 3.30pm
Light refreshments on arrival
Location: The Alma Lodge Hotel, 149 Buxton Road, Stockport. SK2 6EL
Date: Wednesday 8th March 2023
Registration 1pm Session 1:15 – 3:30
Light refreshments on arrival
Cost and Booking:
- £75 per person for Stockport or Bury venue
- If your school is in either the Odette Hunt or the Dawn Wilde Primary Language Networks, these charges will be reduced by 20%
For details of how to book, please see the booking form below.
