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September 2008 Blog Posts (4)

Book now for the Isle of Wight Conference 2008!

The news you've all been waiting for! Registration for the Isle of Wight Conference 2008 is finally underway. Thanks to everyone for your patience and support. As you will see from the brochure below, this year's event has greatly expanded and now offers two whole days of outstanding CPD delivered by top speakers from around the UK.

Be amazed by the range and quality of sessions and consider for a moment the networking opportunities… Continue

Added by Joe Dale on September 28, 2008 at 12:00 — 2 Comments

Assessment using Asset Languages

Here’s a little challenge for you – look at the sentences below and see if you can match them up to the English.

1. Det här är min syster. 2. Jag är engelsk. 3. Jag har fem katter. 4. Jag tycker om äpplen.

a. I have five cats. b. I like apples. c. I am English. d. This is my sister.

How did you get on? Well done if you spotted the language is Swedish. The correct answers are 1-d, 2-c, 3-a and 4-b. What techniques did you use to work these… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on September 22, 2008 at 20:00 — 2 Comments

European Day of Languages - 26th September

Yes it's that time again - a chance to celebrate language learning perhaps with an assembly, a display, an open-lesson or even a full-on themed day at school perhaps! The European Day of Language Learning is a great opportunity to raise the profile of the subject and may even prove a photo/press opportunity for your Headteacher, as well of course, as promoting the benefits of a multilingual Europe to the children.

To help you with… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on September 15, 2008 at 10:14 — 2 Comments

Wikis - what they are, how to get a free one for your class & what you can do with it.

A Wiki - is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. So says possibly the most famous wiki of all - wikipedia, an online, free, collaborative encyclopedia. The key points that attract teachers and students here are;

- that you can very quickly and easily create your own webpages without any technical knowledge

- that… Continue

Added by Jo Rhys-Jones on September 9, 2008 at 23:00 — 6 Comments