It was great to see so many teachers at the SSAT Language College conference last week. Now already looking forward to this weekend and The Language Show. It looks to be as amazing and frenetic a programme as ever. Trying to get ahead as usual, I'm posting links from SlideShare to my two session presentations here.
I'll be there on Saturday at 11.45 - 12.30 and 15.30 - 16.15.
The language show 2010 10 ideas today
View more presentations from Rachel Hawkes.
Second presentation - 'When less is definitely more' success with the new secondary languages curriculum
The language show 2010 less is definitely more
View more presentations from Rachel Hawkes.
There's also going to be a language teachers 'Show and Tell' session from 16.30 - 17.30. Don't miss it! Hope to see you there
Rachel
The idea that "less is more" is at the heart of a solution to our problems with teaching languages. As I see it, it involves getting certain key elements clear at the beginning, and then reaching out from these to wider issues. The key elements seem to me to be
a simple positive and negative sentence using verbs to be, to have, to make
gender and its consequences
new pronunciation and intonation
I've put a link to your blog on my own, and would be interested in your thoughts on my grammar piece.
Posted by: John Bald | October 30, 2011 at 09:33 AM
¡Muchas gracias! Realmente me ha servido de inspiración.
Posted by: Nelly | June 29, 2011 at 10:59 PM