Presentation by Rachel Hawkes at the Northern Ireland Centre for Information on Language Teaching & Research at Queen's University Belfast on 14 June 2021. This introductory session examines the key drivers of curriculum planning and the core components of language learning, providing answers to the question, “What does an excellent languages curriculum look like?”

CPD presentations by Rachel Hawkes for the Dartmoor Teaching School Alliance on 8 June 2021

Session PowerPoints for the half day webinar on 'Teaching the sounds of the language: how and why for KS3 and KS4' hosted by the Network for Learning at Bath Spa University, Institute of Education on 25 May 2021.

This resource supports NCELP Teacher Research Group (TRG 3.4) on differentiation. This suite of materials explores: Differentiation in the NCELP Schemes of Work (SOW) to support lower proficiency learners, with three accompanying showcases with examples in each language for: French, Spanish and German.

This resource supports NCELP Teacher Research Group (TRG 3.4) on differentiation. This suite of materials explores: Differentiation in the NCELP Schemes of Work (SOW) looking specifically at offering stretch and challenge for higher proficiency learners.

Session PowerPoint for the half day webinar on 'Principles of curriculum design in MFL : how to plan a scheme of work for KS3 and KS4' hosted by the Network for Learning at Bath Spa University, Institute of Education on 13 May 2021.

This collection supports Part 2 of the Teacher Research Group on Assessment and making it work for your context (TRG 3.3). The objective is to explore ideas on how to use digital tools to support formative assessment needs in MFL.

This collection supports Part 1 of the Teacher Research Group on Assessment and making it work for your context (TRG 3.3). The objectives are to develop an enhanced understanding of the NCELP assessment design principles that underpin test design by carrying out analysis activities of a sample assessment and thus equip teachers to go on to design their own tests which suit their own contexts.

Presentation at The 3rd Annual Future of Modern Foreign Language in Education Conference on 24 March 2021.

This scheme of work for Year 8 French is proposed as an example of how language knowledge and practice can be sequenced and re-visited systematically to support progression in the early stages of language development within a low-exposure foreign language setting.