La Chasse a l’Ours: A Journey Exploring Teacher Trainees’ Attitudes to Primary Foreign Language Teaching
Marnie Seymour and Sharon Witt (University of Winchester) L’HISTOIRE COMMENCE… Primary Foreign Languages (PFLs) obtaining a new statutory status within the National Curriculum for Key Stage 2 poses a challenge not only for existing primary practitioners but also for...
Learning to Talk and Talking to Learn
Rachel Hawkes (ALL President and Assistant Principal at Comberton Village College) INTRODUCTION Pupil A: Comment dit-on “Can I sit on table F with my friend Jack?” Teacher: Comment dit-on “Can I”? Pupil A: ————- Teacher: Comment dit-on “Can I”, par exemple dans la...
Mixed-ability Classes: Curse for the More Able Student?
by Tessa Leuchars (Prince William School, Oundle) Much has been said about the need to differentiate work to ensure all pupils learn effectively. Indeed, it is expected of all teachers to plan differentiated lessons on a daily basis. To what extent the term...
Rules or Principles: Grammar for A2
Ian Maun (University of Exeter) This article attempts to provide teachers with an insight into some of the principles that govern the grammar of the French language and to show that these principles can be taught to their students, not to replace rules of grammar, but...