Modern Language Musings

Languages aren't an easy subject to study and sometimes it can be difficult to make them accessible for a whole range of different ...

I won't lie, plenaries aren't my strong point. I'm frequently caught at the end of the lesson with 3 minutes until the bell...

How you start your lesson can often have the biggest impact on pupils engagement and behaviour. Pupils have come from another room, ano...

Speaking can often be the hardest skill to get pupils involved in and to assess on a regular basis. With many of our teenagers being sh...

How often do we just give pupils another text to work through, answer questions on and then find the French/Spanish/German? After doing...

Objectives are something that are instilled into the UK classroom with the firm belief that if pupils know what they are aiming for, it...

Reflection is deemed to be one of the most important things a teacher should be doing on a regular basis. On the eve of my fifth observ...