Tried and tested: The ultimate guide to teaching primary languages

This book provides you with practical, easy-to-implement classroom ideas and strategies for teaching and leading MFL in a primary school and will support you to prepare for MFL Ofsted ‘deep dives’. There are a huge amount of practical ideas provided, from curriculum design, long, medium and short term planning with real examples in French and Spanish, so you can see how it works in practice. Challenge, differentiation and mixed age teaching are covered, as well as motivating and way to teach vocabulary, phonics and grammar. Linked to the 2019 Ofsted inspection framework and in line with the KS2 National Curriculum programme of study, chapters are devoted to memory and cultural capital, as well as innovative strategies to use stories and songs. Readers will learn how to assess using ‘age-related expectations’ and you will be able to access real examples of lesson plans, curriculum planning documents and resources.