Exploring the Opportunities of the New Secondary Curriculum for Languages Sara Vaughan

1. Exploring the Opportunities of the New Secondary Curriculum for Languages Sara Vaughan Regional School Advisor South East

2. Objectives To explore the opportunities for Languages within the New Curriculum Share examples & ideas for implementing the New Secondary Curriculum

4. We know Learners are different • Ability & Responses • Learning Styles • Support • Attitude In delivering the New Curriculum we cater for all of these needs

5. Where are the new opportunities/emphasis for Languages? Independent & whole learners Creativity Meanings that matter Cross-curricular collaboration Skills & Processes development Inter-cultural understanding

6. Learner’s have four things in common • Independent learners • Whole learners • A wide range of learning to suit all • Creativity • Meanings that Matter • ‘Compelling’ learning experiences rather than superficial teaching & learning • Flexibility • Familiar contexts for students • Skills for joined up learning • PLTS – to equip students better for learning & progress • Independent & Themed learning • AFL/APP • PLTS Independent & Themed learning • PLTS

8. An opportunity to refresh and renew the languages curriculum

9. An good opportunity to make it broader and more relevant

17. Food types Bon app! Regions & produce Imperatives Giving & Justifying opinion PLTS/ Team work Adjectives/Adjectival ending Cultural aspects Regular verbs Presentation Skills Colour & Form Currency/ exchange Writing instructions Research skills Quantities Transactional Language: Au café, au marché etc Cookery skills Likes/dislikes

18. ‘Le Chateau Mystère’ Problem solving New verbs/vocab Prepositions Personal description Past Tense Items of furniture Phoning the police Question words Colours Emergency services in TL country Parts of the body Time Phrases/telling the time Opinion & supposition Pronunciation Adjectives/adjectival ending Rooms in the house Story telling & extended reading Illness/injury

19. Le Grand Prix Countries & Nationality Verb ‘aller’ + simple future Giving & Justifying opinion PLTS/ Team work Tenses Directions History & Cultural aspects Map reading Adjectives/Adjectival ending Transports Dealing with problems Colour & Form Research skills Places in the town Telling the Time/ Numbers Transactional Language

20. ‘Themed Learning’ Ideas • Research Project: any theme • Fantasy football portfolio • A day in the life of… • My dream holiday: Give budget, book tickets, book accommodation etc • MTV Cribs • Design a Board game on a topic • Compare & Contrast: TL Countries/Cultural aspects • Healthy Living Manual • Protecting our Planet campaign • Eurovision • The Great Dinner debate • Sporting Event dossier: Tour De France, World Cup, Olympics

21. http://www.in-terre-actif.com/fr/ http://www.in-terre-actif.com/fiches_pays/haiti.htm#

22. http://www.tv5.org/ • Adopte un pays • Chansons/Fiches • Tour du monde • Le Palme D’or : Film Study

25. Create a character Numbers Percentages Fractions Degrees of separation – lots of contexts! Graphs Bar charts Venn Diagrams Sondage E-mail Text/Chat/letter writing. Personal description/ Guess Who Comparing appearance, clothing etc to a similar photo of their own class Clothing

26. Mis zapatos son de _______Mis vaqueros son de_______Mi IPod es de ___________Mi equipo de música es de________Mi coche es de ____________Mi televisión es de _____________Mi ordenador es de __________Mi comida favorita es de ___________Mi osito es de ___________Mi fruta favorite es de __________ Mi mundo

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31. le lapin • le chien • monter • descendre • enfant • parent • Voler • l’homme • vieux • jeune • tener • nager • court • longue • foncé • clair • monsieur • les mains • la lumière • l’ombre • la musique • chanter • ensemble • devant • derrière

32. Sort by ‘type’ of word Sort by pair Sort by inclusion/exclusion Sort by opinion Sort by genre Sort by ‘rule’ Write about film plot Translate Compare & Contrast two works Expand each word into a sentence about film Write own response Make own film and commentate • court • longue • foncé • clair • monsieur • les mains • la lumière • l’ombre • la musique • chanter • ensemble • devant • derrière • le lapin • le chien • monter • descendre • enfant • parent • Voler • l’homme • vieux • jeune • tener • nager • plonger

33. Heureusement Plier Oiseau Manteau Eloigner Verseau Ans Mais J’ai Douze Beaucoup Fois • Highlight letter strings • Pronounce & practice • Look up meaning • Learn meaning against the clock • Test Vocabulary • Find new examples in TL for each letter string ( team / individual) • Place letter strings in correct places – gap fill type ex • Use each word in a sentence of their own creation and pass to each other to read – testing pronunciation ( or start list again!)

34. Les virelangues • Dans la gendarmerie, quand un gendarme rit, tous les gendarmes rient dans la gendarmerie. • Pauvre petit pêcheur, prend patience pour pouvoir prendre • plusieurs petits poissons. • Il était une fois, un homme de foi qui vendait du foie dans • la ville de Foix. Il dit ma foi, c'est la dernière fois que je • vends du foie dans la ville de Foix.

35. Details de Voyage Destination Activites MES VACANCES Positifs/negatifs Le temps

37. Exploiting the Calendar • Religious Festival traditions & New Year traditions – compare & contrast - • World Events eg. World cup, Olympics, Film festivals • Carnivals/Special days of celebration – cooking, costume, music • News/current affairs – debate

42. What next….. Short term: 1. Evaluate daily and weekly lesson plans for particular elements of the curriculum. 2.Have a personal or departmental focus which changes regularly and keep a log: annotate working documents/SoW 3. Plan lessons incorporating what’s been shared today Medium Term: 1. Plan a (series of) lesson(s) focusing on a particular element as a Department, or as individuals, then share Long term: 1. Evaluate the impact on learning for Yr 7 and plan how to continue/improve 2. Decide how to build on this year for Yr 7 as they move through into Yr 8 3. Be ready for the next Yr7! 4. Set some targets at your departmental & whole school planning meetings which can be followed

43. Reflective Practice Innovative Practice Effective practice

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