Focus on Communication

Learning Intentions for the Day

We are exploring:

  1. how to support our students to communicate with creativity

  2. how to scaffold learning experiences for access and challenge to include each student

  3. how to further develop our students as independent learners

Session 1 Outline

09:45 - 10:00 Communicating with independence, confidence and creativity

10:00- 10:05 Individually: Exploring the Communicative Approach

10:05 - 10:20 Breakout Room: Exploring Aspects of the Communicative Approach

10:20 - 10:45 Breakout Room: Supporting Students to Communicate with Creativity

10:45 - 11:00 Standing Back to Consider: In our MFL Department

11:00 - 11:20 Coffee Break


Communicating with Independence, Confidence and Creativity

09:45 - 10:00

"In learning foreign languages, students are actively engaged in activities and tasks which integrate the five language skills of listening, reading, spoken production, spoken interaction and writing. As a result, they communicate with increasing independence, confidence and creativity."

(Modern Foreign Languages Specification, page 4)

🕓 Individually

Listen to our associates speak about how they support their students to communicate with increasing independence, confidence and creativity.

Consider:

  • how this relates to your classroom

  • the impact of their approach on each student's experience.

On the Jamboard

What opportunities am I creating for my students so that they can communicate with increasing independence, confidence and creativity?


Exploring the Communicative Approach

10:00 - 10:05

🕓 Individually

Considering the infographic:

  • how does my approach to teaching language(s) reflect a communicative approach?

  • how does this approach develop students' ability to communicate with increasing independence, confidence and creativity?

Exploring Aspects of the Communicative Approach

10:05 - 10:20

Breakout Room

  • Select the breakout room for the aspect you wish to explore

  • Reflect the key points of your discussion on the Padlet.

Prompts

  • How do each of my students experience this aspect of the communicative approach in their learning?

  • What might I do to further enhance this aspect of the communicative approach in my classroom?

Supporting Students to Communicate with Creativity

10:20 - 10:45

Breakout Room

  • Select the Padlet for the language that you teach

  • Consider the texts that have been developed to support student learning

  • Choose one of the three undeveloped texts and develop it to support student learning.

Prompts

  • Explore how the developed resources in the Padlet for your language were developed with a focus on real-life communication to support students communicating with increasing creativity

  • Choose one of the undeveloped texts and, with a focus on real-life communication, develop it to support students communicating with increasing creativity.

Standing Back to Consider: In our MFL Department

10:45 - 11:00

Breakout Room

In your MFL department, consider:

  • which aspect(s) will you explore on as an MFL department to further develop the communicative approach in your classroom?

  • how you will exploit the communicative approach to support students to communicate with increasing creativity?



Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:20