Programme

The programme:

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• The conference guide
• Friday: detailed programme
• Saturday: detailed programme

Defining today...

How to get the most out of Ofsted, Elaine Taylor
Will language education policies fulfil Michael Gove’s goals for social mobility? Teresa Tinsley
How healthy are languages in secondary schools? Teresa Tinsley, Linda Parker & Nick Mair
Developing your students as Global Citizens, Vicky Gough, British Council
Making languages accessible for pupils with SEN in mainstream classrooms, John Connor
Grammar... and communication? Friends ‐ not foes, Martine Pillette
Mixed ability AND mixed experience classes: mission impossible? Eva Lamb
Speak to the Future – the latest from the campaign for languages, Lid King
…and lots more!

...and transforming tomorrow!

Future perfect? A panel debate on the challenges ahead for languages education, Chair: Rosie Goldsmith, with Larry Lamb, David Kennedy, Lizzie Fane & David Smith
Giving languages the X-factor: competitions & creative initiatives to support language learning, Chair: Rachel Hawkes with John Evans, Vivienne Rogers, Sarah Schechter & Jane Driver
Language futures: to infinity and beyond, Bernadette Clinton & Beth Cummins
Stage a musical performance for empowered progression, Nadine Chadier
Languages 2020: the road ahead, Bernardette Holmes, Ann Swarbrick, Karl Pfeiffer
Technology transforming tomorrow, Chair: Steven Fawkes, with Helen Myers (aka Karelia Kondor), and Joe Dale (on our screen from Perth, Western Australia)
Book to the future, Steve Glover
Speak to the Future – the latest from the campaign for languages, Lid King
 

A whole conference strand dedicated to ITET, including:

Pupil perception of language lessons and GCSE uptake, Emma Marsden & Florentina Taylor
Very early language learning: a developmental psycholinguistic approach, Jim McElwee
Assessing the professional development of primary languages teachers:
differentiated models of practice at one HEI, Angela McLachlan