Hi all,

Does anyone know if a date for the next conference has been set? I know this seems super-keen and organised but I missed it last year due to other commitments so want to get the date in my diary early!!

Thanks,

Marnie

Have just finished adapting the Eric Carle book - think it's "The Mixed Up Chamaleon" in English! Have simplified the text to make it easier. Am going to use it to introduce some animals. Hope it's useful to someone.El camaleon powerpoint

I've just written a very long post on my website about making links between Spanish learning and the Egyptians, a popular theme/topic in primary schools. 

I won't copy it all here - click the image on the left to take you there and feel free to leave comments!

However, below is an extract!

Ideas from other…

Hi everybody,

I teach Year 1, and have recently set up a link with a school in Wales. Obviously I want for my Language Teaching and the childrens' learning to be "meaningful" however, I cannot speak any Welsh and can't seem to find any suitable, preferably free interactive resources. I am hoping to teach basic greetings, numbers and a few songs that we can share in a video conference.

I am very much a French/Spanish person so this is a whole new ball game for…

We are having a snow day today - so for teachers and children who may find themselves in similar situations  perhaps you might want to consider some of the following?



There is an abundance of online sites that any child with Internet access can use from home,  so here are some of my favourites - please do…

The Universities of Antwerp, Coimbra and their partners in the EU projects iTILT and NIFLAR are offering summer courses in 2013. 

These Comenius courses, targeted at teachers of modern languages,  aim to promote:

a) effective use of Interactive Whiteboards

and

b) oral competences  using ICT & WEB 2.0 applications, respectively.

Find more info here: …

Not easy to get time off for a conf these days, but BLEN may well be worth it. Not for profit, and a lot of practising teachers, including the estimable John Connor, Joe Dale with the latest on ipads, St Paul's School, Brighton on setting up bilingual education without a pot of money, assessment based on Devon's excellent and manageable system, and some thoughts from me on the new draft NC, which should be published by then. Here is the poster:…

Free Inset Sessions to find out more about EU Funded Opportunities for educators:

29th November, London

1st December, Newcastle (part of the ALL NE Primary/Secondary Languages Day)

12th December, …