1. RTSA MFL Network Meeting
Thurs 11th Jan pm

2. Today’s Agenda
Practising key structures for GCSE Speaking Exams (DG)
GCSE Writing Moderation (DG)
KS5 sharing good practise (Patricia Hermida-Vidal – HoF at the Carlton Academy)
Developing Listening and Reading Skills – Kirstin Ross – SLE at Carlton-Le-Willows

3. Boundaries – Update Original Estimates … 9 = 95% 8 = 90% 7 = 80%
6 = 60%
5 =50%
4 = 40%
3 = 30%

4. Estimates based on listening/reading old spec papers …
Boundaries – Update
Estimates based on listening/reading old spec papers …
9 = 86%
8 = 78%
7 = 72%
6 = 65%
5 = 57%
4 = 51%
3 = 36%

5. Estimates based on Spec paper 2 scores across the Trust
Boundaries – Update
Estimates based on Spec paper 2 scores across the Trust

6. Estimates based on Spec paper 2 scores across the Trust
Boundaries – Update
Estimates based on Spec paper 2 scores across the Trust

7. Estimates based on Spec paper 2 scores across the Trust
Boundaries – Update
Estimates based on Spec paper 2 scores across the Trust

8. Year 11 Mock 1 Speaking Exams
General Key Issues
Nerves
Lack of revision for conversation questions
Students not understanding questions / instructions in TL
Students speaking English in the exam!
Students not asking a question

9. Year 11 Mock 1 Speaking Exams
Language Related Key Issues
Sentences lacking verbs
Verb endings incorrect
Tenses mixed up
Auxiliary verbs missing
Answers too short (especially for picture cards and conversation)
Opinions not always justified
Pronunciation (accents, umlauts etc.)
Lack of variety (verbs, adjectives, connectives etc.)
Students not using enough high level structures (e.g. I think that …)

10. What do students need to improve on?
Verb structures
Tenses
Opinions
Justification

11. Revising and Using Key Structures – Present Tense
Opinion phrases
I love I like
I hate I really like
I find I really don’t like
I think I believe
is are
My favourite__ is
__ is better / not as good as
Any others?
Connectives
and
but
however
because
therefore
never the less
Any others?
Present Tense Verb Forms
I play I go I am
I have I watch I visit
I use I listen to I eat
I drink I travel I do
I stay there is/are
Any others?
Choose a language. How many examples in 3 minutes?

12. Questions – Present Tense Pair work
What do you do with your family?
What do you do with your friends?
What do you do in your free time?
How do you use technology?
Where do you go on holiday?
What do you do on holiday?
Or any other present tense questions you like!
7. Describe your school day
8. What do you do at break?
9. What do you do in your local area
10. How do you get on with your family?
11. What is your favourite hobby?
12. What don’t you like doing at the
weekend?
Choose a language. How many examples can you use in 3 minutes?
Tick them off as you use them!

13. Change the tense – Past Tense
Opinion phrases
I loved I liked
I hated I really liked
I found I really didn’t like
I thought I believed
was were
My favourite__ was
__ was better / not as good as
Any others?
Connectives
and
but
however
because
therefore
never the less
Any others?
Past Tense Verb Forms
I played I went I was
I had I watched I visited
I used I listened to I ate
I drank I travelled I did
I stayed there was
Any others?
Choose a language. How many examples in 3 minutes?

14. Questions – Past Tense Pair work
What did you do with your family at the weekend?
What did you do with your friends yesterday??
What did you do in your free time last week?
How have you used technology recently?
Where did you go on holiday last year?
What did you do on holiday?
Or any other past tense questions you like!
7. Describe your last holiday
8. What did you do at break?
9. What did you do in your local area last weekend?
10. What did you do at school yesterday?
Choose a language. How many examples can you use in 3 minutes?
Tick them off as you use them!

15. Discussion
How do you practise verb structures, tenses, opinions and justifications with your groups?

16. 2. GCSE Writing Moderation
French, German and Spanish tables
Pair up (preferably same exam board)
Swap papers and mark each others
Compare marks
Repeat with someone else on the table

17. 2. GCSE Writing Moderation
Review
Did you agree?
What were the most common discrepancies about?
What did students do well?
What do we need to focus on to improve the quality of writing in future exams

18. Improving GCSE Writing
Next Network Meeting – 8th March
Bring along 1 resource which you have used to improve writing with year 10/11 classes

19. KS5 How to make the best of virtually no time
KS5 How to make the best of virtually no time? Outcome: To think of ways of promoting independent learning

20. 1. To analyse the needs of our students: plan for independent work
New A level:
What do they expect from our students: Induction booklet.
What can I do at home to match the expectations: Podcasts, quizlet, Kahoot, whatsapp / office 365 (chat only in TL)…
One to one conversations: What areas do you need to improve?

21. Your needs? TOP TIP: Don’t over use subjunctive!...use “pour”…
Traffic light system with vocab or grammar. Demand them to use 2 greens…
challenging
accessible
basic / too easy
TOP TIP: Don’t over use subjunctive!...use “pour”…
*Some schools start purely on grammar (y12) and then only have to revisit during the course (useful for new groups or external applicants knowledge check!)

22. And… Picture starters Dubbing a film (silent films)
Presentations by students with challenge from teacher
Puppets
Taboo
“spend, spend, spend”

23. 2. To set high expectations
Half an hour late: you are not allowed in.
Flipped learning. The lessons are for debating using the vocabulary seen.
- Regular homework: Kerboodle worksheets
- Booklet of independent work: deadlines
- Regular tests: Kerboodle assessments
My job is not to mark the worksheets. The students will mark their own work and report to me. My job is to provoke thinking (help them evaluating, not talking) and improve their writing / speaking. and.
Extra sessions for the works: Booklet for LCBA + El laberinto del fauno

24. Question generation… Command words: Evaluate / Examine / Analyse …
… the way in which / how …
… the use of XXXXXX…
… demonstrates / shows / leads us to believe…
Activity: work with a partner to generate three list question and devise a set of viable questions

25. Top tips for cultural knowledge
Provide the students with a hand-out of facts (booklet)
Show them the expectations:
GCSE: Me
AS: youth
A Level: people
Avoid commenting opinions/experiences unless they are set (and relevant) in the speaking countries. Could holidays be a source of research worth mentioning?

26. 3. To consistently award success but punish lack of effort
Looking into doing an A level trip potentially with other schools. Breakfast lessons Enrichment programme DVD/book borrowing system SIMS log Coming at the end of the day with the work done If not allowed in the lesson, expected to produce the same work in the study room (teacher drops in to double check every now and then) If persistent lack of effort, communication home.

27. KS5 Materials SOWs Mark Schemes Mini-Mocks (Listening and Reading)
Kerboodle Assessments

28. How is your department tackling new courses?
KS5
How is your department tackling new courses?

29. 4. Developing Listening and Reading Skills Kirstin Ross – SLE at Carlton-Le-Willows

30. Before we go … Evaluation What do you want
Before we go … Evaluation What do you want? Could you offer to share what’s working well in your dept? Next session – 8th March, Oakwood