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Languages Strong Foundations: A Guide for Early Career Teachers

Course Code:
T0273
£249.00+vat

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This new course, part of our ‘Guide for Early Careers Teachers’ range is designed for new teachers of Languages in their induction period. It covers essential teaching skills and strategies for developing students’ speaking, reading, writing, and listening abilities. The course also emphasises Quality First Teaching and includes exam-level preparation for GCSE and A-Level.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

  • Learn effective strategies for developing speaking skills
  • Gain insights into enhancing reading comprehension using suitable texts
  • Discover approaches for improving writing accuracy and sophistication
  • Understand methods for building listening comprehension with multimedia resources
  • Acquire exam-level teaching techniques and strategies for GCSE and A-Level

PROGRAMME

10.00am: Introduction and Objectives


10:15am: Developing Speaking Skills

  • Techniques for promoting oral proficiency
  • Activities and exercises to encourage student participation and confidence in speaking

Break

11.15am

11.30am: Enhancing Reading Skills

  • Strategies for teaching reading comprehension
  • Selecting suitable texts to improve students’ reading abilities

Lunch

12.30pm

1.15pm: Improving Writing Skills

  • Approaches to teaching writing
  • Techniques for developing students’ writing accuracy and sophistication

Break

2.15pm

2.30pm: Building Listening Skills

  • Methods for enhancing listening comprehension
  • Using audio and multimedia resources to improve listening skills

3.00pm: Exam-Level Teaching for GCSE and A-Level

  • Strategies for preparing students for speaking, reading, writing, and listening exams
  • Focus on exam techniques and tailored practice

Depart

3.40pm

COURSE LEADER

Jonathan Mumford is a consultant and Professional Tutor in education who works at Liverpool Hope University delivering ITT training. A current AQA examiner, he has taught French and Spanish for 16 years in in a mixed comprehensive school in Merseyside with the last 8 of those as Head of Languages.

He has a proven track record of outstanding GCSE teaching in the languages classroom having achieved top grades consistently, spending over 12 years in an Ofsted rated Outstanding school. His passion is teaching and learning and a particular area of focus is enthusing and inspiring language students to achieve well and thrive.

Description

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This new course, part of our ‘Guide for Early Careers Teachers’ range is designed for new teachers of Languages in their induction period. It covers essential teaching skills and strategies for developing students’ speaking, reading, writing, and listening abilities. The course also emphasises Quality First Teaching and includes exam-level preparation for GCSE and A-Level.


BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

  • Learn effective strategies for developing speaking skills
  • Gain insights into enhancing reading comprehension using suitable texts
  • Discover approaches for improving writing accuracy and sophistication
  • Understand methods for building listening comprehension with multimedia resources
  • Acquire exam-level teaching techniques and strategies for GCSE and A-Level

PROGRAMME

10.00am: Introduction and Objectives


10:15am: Developing Speaking Skills

  • Techniques for promoting oral proficiency
  • Activities and exercises to encourage student participation and confidence in speaking

Break

11.15am


11.30am: Enhancing Reading Skills

  • Strategies for teaching reading comprehension
  • Selecting suitable texts to improve students’ reading abilities

Lunch

12.30pm


1.15pm: Improving Writing Skills

  • Approaches to teaching writing
  • Techniques for developing students’ writing accuracy and sophistication

Break

2.15pm


2.30pm: Building Listening Skills

  • Methods for enhancing listening comprehension
  • Using audio and multimedia resources to improve listening skills

3.00pm: Exam-Level Teaching for GCSE and A-Level

  • Strategies for preparing students for speaking, reading, writing, and listening exams
  • Focus on exam techniques and tailored practice

Depart

3.40pm

Additional information

Location and Date

Online | Monday 04 November 2024

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