Spanish has steadily been growing in popularity in the secondary MFL classroom over the
past ten year. It is now considered as an attractive alternative to other
European languages such as French and German.
A few years back, French and German seemed to be the perfect
combination to find a job as a languages teacher in England. Spanish was growing
but despite the appeal of Spanish holidays and the credibility of a language
spoken all around the world, many schools were still hesitating to add Spanish
to their language curriculum.
Although there are now many native speakers of Spanish
teaching in England, a lot of colleagues who were originally trained to
teach French and German, are being asked to add Spanish to their foreign language
repertoire. Depending on their starting points, this can be seen as a daunting
task…
I was delighted to be approached by Osiris to enable me to
share my experiences as a non-native Spanish teacher in England as I have had
extensive experience over the past twenty years to set up Spanish in a number
of schools and support colleagues in developing their own language skills in
Spanish.
I know that many MFL teachers are currently developing their
language skills in Spanish in order to meet increasing demand in schools and
colleges and I am aiming to provide a complete guide to setting up and enhancing
Spanish teaching.
OK, the course is called “Perfect Spanish Teaching”, but I
will aim to remain realistic. The idea is for the course to start a quest for
constant development and improvement-one I am still on, for that matter-rather
than provide a magic wand to make us all perfect by the end of the day. If only…
I will focus on:
Assessment, feedback and progress planning
Grammar teaching
Phonics
Use of authentic resources
Independent learning (for pupils and teachers!)
Looking forward to seeing you in Birmingham on 21st
November or in London on 1st December.
Click here for more details
No comments:
Post a Comment