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Language World 2012 is nearly here!

Posted by sdvaughan on 04/03/2012

Language World 2012, 30-31 March, University of Manchester: Languages for All – Defining Today, Transforming Tomorrow!

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Language World 2012, the annual conference organized by ALL, the Association for Language Learning, will take place this year at the  University of Manchester, Sackville Street Campus, 30 – 31 March.
Language World is THE professional development event for language teachers in the UK: two days of non-stop CPD, updates, ideas and inspiration; an exhibition with all the latest resources, services and equipment and a chance to share and learn with colleagues from all over the country. It is also the opportunity to be part of your subject community and contribute to the future of language teaching and learning!
The Programme has something for everyone: a Language World debate panel, a fantastic range of workshops and major talks as well as show & tell sessions, giving you a change to contribute directly.
You can download the summary programme, and more details for the Friday programmeand Saturday programme too.
Access to the Exhibition is free, with a great selection of companies offering training, resources and software. More information here.
There are a number of extra events going on around the main conference, such as:
- A walking tour of Manchester, with Geoff Brammall from the ALL Manchester group at 3pm on Thursday 29 March,
- A wine reception in the Language World exhibition, sponsored by Pearson, at 5pm on Friday 30 March and
- The annual Language World dinner, sponsored by Sanako, at 7:30pm on Friday 30 March.
More details are available from here.
If you want to support ALL, please help spread the word. You can print out and put up the Language World poster, and tell your language teacher friends and colleagues about it.
The languages teachers community is simply amazing and Language World is the only event that really makes you feel like you belong to a very special group of people…
Come on and join us!

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Developing classroom talk

Posted by sdvaughan on 07/12/2011

Two great workshops this week, one at Mountbatten School in Romsey and one at Oxford Brookes University

Below are a selection of the resources used, which might vary slightly from those supplied by Languages South East .

LSE How to develop classroom talk at KS3 & 4

LSE How to develop classroom talk KS3 Framework for languages

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Ten tasks for talking….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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#ILILC is coming soon.

Posted by sdvaughan on 05/10/2011

Taking place at Southampton University on 25th-26th February, ililc 2012 is THE must attend event of the year.  A smorgasbord of exciting seminars and hands-on workshops await the lucky delegates and the opportunities to network with like-minded colleagues is vast.

Book by the end of this month for the amazing early bird rate and start sorting your transport and accommodation now!

Come along too to the free MFL Show and Tell event on the Saturday night at The Highfield House Hotel where everyone is welcome to speak, sing a song or play the ukulele, if you fancy (at no additional cost)!

For those arriving on the Friday, we will be having a get together at Ceno restaurant as well. Would be great to see you there!

Check out this Google Map for more details and contact Zena Hilton on languagessoutheast@soton.ac.uk or call 023 8059 9135 if you have any queries. Follow #ililc2 on Twitter too to find out about the latest developments!

 

 

 

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Language World 2011

Posted by sdvaughan on 11/07/2011

I hope every had a great time at Langauge World this year.

Here are the materials from my session :

Independent Learning Strategies

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Une Visite à Bukina Faso – Teacher resources

Independent learning Project Overview

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le-diner-de-cons

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Show & Tell – Newhaven, 14th June

Posted by sdvaughan on 15/06/2011

What a lovely evening with such creative and enthusiastic colleague: I hope this has seen the beginning of many more Show and Tell events in the region.
Here are the links I was talking about:
http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php – this is the AT&T text to voice converter tool.
Attachments_2011_06_23 – From James – Emodo, Prezzi and twitter etc.
Ideas for the Whiteboard – From the other James – IWB games etc
Rugby project – from Jane – our gracious host.
Show and Tell report – from Dagmar
Error Correction Race – A level activity from Birgit.
Enjoy!
…and don’t forget about Language World (8th-9th July) and other forthcoming ALL events – WHICH ALL NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

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