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Languages Today Extra: The Last Word
The Last Word Philip Swanson, Hughes Professor of Spanish, University of Sheffield Many of us in academia are probably used these days to living in a world where there is little respect for professional expertise and experience. Decisions about the direction of Modern Languages as a discipline (and, increasingly, about the Humanities more generally) are […]
Languages Today Extra: The Big Idea: Assessment and Feedback
One of the skills that all teachers develop overtime is that of assessment – both the summative kind (checking on learning at the end of a sequence) and the formative kind (to support planning and help students see their progress). Ofsted inspectors are interested in assessment, and also have an eye on the burdens it […]
Languages Today Extra: Developing skills of retrieval practice
The current OfSTED focus on learner progress has been encapsulated as ‘Progress for pupils means knowing more and remembering more’ (OfSTED blog), and retention of learning has, in any case, long been of prime importance in language learning. In the third of our articles on this theme Silvia Bastow gives readers an update and pointers […]
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