Spring 2013 - The Independent Schools' Modern Language ...

A level French conference/workshopwith focus on literature and using cultural/vocational materialto improve take-up.Friday, 24th May 2013(Charge £100)Steve Glover from Alevelfrench.com is organising this conference/workshopin conjunction with University College School, Hampstead to provide a forumfor younger teachers embarking on A level teaching to look at effective, motivatingways of teaching French literature using a mixture of time-honouredand up to the minutes techniques. Preparation for the written and speakingpapers and taking advantage of new technology will be a key parts of theprocesses outlined; sharing of successful practice will also be encouraged. Inaddition to this, Steve will be leading discussion on looking at ways of improvinguptake of languages at A level using a range of techniques. The contextof the literature part of the day, although largely generic, will be focusedaround L'étranger, Un sac de billes, Thérèse Desqueyroux and BonjourTristesse. Participants will be going away with a range of immediately usableresources and techniques for the classroom.You can download the programme and details from the ISMLAor alevelfrench.com sitesReviewsCantando s’imparaLinda Inniss with Mat FoxAvailable from www.splendoursoundsandlanguageresources.co.uk(£24.00 plus p&p)On the home page of the website, Linda Inniss introduces her range of resourcesentitled “Songs For Learning and Fun” with these words: “Singing,whether in English or in a foreign language is sociable, calming, motivating,fun and best of all, not perceived as work! Indeed, singing provides contrastingand legitimate light relief and variety in the (MFL) classroom.” One certainlywould not quibble with this statement and the resources she has preparedand which are now available in French, German (reviewed in the Autumn2012 Newsletter), Italian and shortly in Spanish provide a rich vein of37