Boosting the Development of Productive Skills at GCSE

In GCSE Speaking and Writing, students have to demonstrate an range of competences which can potentially clash with one another. Are some of your students so worried about making mistakes that they dare not improvise? Are some of them so spontaneous that accuracy goes out of the window? Do some of them know a lot of vocabulary and grammar but underuse their knowledge when faced with creative tasks?

This course will focus mainly on GCSE grades 5-9. Martine will concentrate particularly on:

  • How to generate more prolific, spontaneous and creative speakers and writers
  • How to reconcile the spontaneity/creativity agenda with the grammar/accuracy agenda
  • How to bridge the gap between knowledge and application skills
  • The rich world of high-frequency language: looking beyond link word
  • Effective approaches to translation practice
  • How to use listening as a springboard for better quality speaking and writing.

In her usual fashion, Martine will concentrate essentially on activity styles which:

  • demand little preparation;
  • are easy to explain to students;
  • are readily applicable to a variety of languages and topics.

Presenter Profile

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Martine Pillette is an independent MFL consultant and author and a senior examiner for an international organisation. As well as working with individual schools, she is frequently involved in initiatives aimed at supporting MFL teaching at KS2-5. She is particularly interested in issues of challenge, engagement and skill-based teaching and learning. She is well known for her realistic and engaging classroom ideas.

Feedback from teachers on Martine’s courses

Another very engaging session Martine, with lots of really practical ideas to take into the classroom – thank you!
Excellent, motivating session – as always. Thank you!
Martine’s courses have always been excellent & very informative, giving us ideas and boosting our creativity. A real pleasure! Many thanks.
Lots of practical ideas (with very little preparation!!) which can be quickly and easily implemented.
Martine is inspiring. Thanks for so many fab ideas!
Thank you so much – really excellent course, as all Martine’s are!
Martine had a lovely, clear manner and taught us at the perfect pace. She was very enthusiastic and humorous throughout the course, which made it all the more enjoyable. Merci beaucoup!

Cost: £165 per delegate which includes lunch and resources; £199 for 2 teachers from the same school booking on this course

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