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S02 Innovative curriculum design in languages
Date: November 12, 2010
Location: Aston University
Event type: Workshop
Contact us
Any questions about this event? Please email linkswestmidlands@aston.ac.uk or call 0121 204 3111.
Summary
This course aims to help delegates to explore curriculum design in languages from a number of different, but related, angles, and clarify what kind of changes they would like to make at school through considering some examples of successful practice. Delegates will have the opportunity to share and discuss their ideas with colleagues.
There are three modules in this course:
- Meaningful contexts, meaningful learning
- Skilling up for linguistic independence
- Spreading wings, raising expectations
The first module looks at a number of cross curriculum approaches including examples of links with art, history and business & enterprise. The second module examines developing thinking skills with a clear language purpose including PLTs, memorisation skills and mind mapping. The third module looks at Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL),and other classroom strategies for languages.
The course will help you to:
- Understand the key concepts of the New Secondary Curriculum for languages
- Make languages a more meaningful and stimulating learning experience for pupils, planned into the core of Key Stages 3 and 4
- Consider implications for redesigning schemes of work, medium term planning and short term lesson planning
- Think about the best teaching approaches to secure progression in the innovative secondary languages classroom
- Redesign language learning at a deeper level to allow pupils to use cognitive skills at an appropriate level for their age
- Evaluate your current curricular balance between skills and “topics”
- Drive substantial organisational change to raise the status of languages in your school’s curriculum
Target audience
- Any teacher who teaches Key Stage 3 and/or Key Stage 4 languages
- Heads of Languages Departments
- Heads of other subject areas
- Senior curriculum leaders e.g. assistant heads, deputy heads
- Teachers responsible for Key Stage 2-3 transition in languages
Trainer: Ms. Rachel Hawkes
This course will be delivered by Rachel Hawkes. Rachel is a classroom teacher of languages at Comberton Village College in Cambridgeshire. She has several further roles including Assistant Principal, Director of Language College, Advanced Skills Teacher, Specialist Schools Trust Lead Practitioner, and Regional Subject Advisor for the roll out of the new secondary languages curriculum. She also has twelve years experience as a Head of Modern Languages.
Cost
- In order to cover our direct costs, e.g. catering and speaker expenses, we charge £50 to attend this event.
- Lunch and take-home resources will be provided.
- Once you have registered to attend an event, you will be contacted by your regional Links administrator who will send you payment instructions.
- Full details of our charging policy are available.
Downloads:
- S02 flyer 121110.pdf (81 Kb)
