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The NACELL Bulletin provides information and articles on early language learning and teaching. The bulletin is available to download below in pdf format. To read pdf documents you need Adobe Acrobat Reader which is freely available from the Adobe website.

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2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999

NACELL bulletin issue 21Issue 21, Summer 2007 The work of a Comenius KS2 Consultant p3; From William the Conqueror to Modern-day French, Primary Languages Show 2007 p4; Key Stage 4 and primary school links, Allez les bleus! p5; Getting started with storytelling p6; InfoDirect p7; Linking football and primary languges p11; Focus on embedding p12; Primary school children enchanted by Pied Piper p13; Learning from each other p14; PGCE primary placement in France p15; Linguistic upskilling Spanish style p16
NACELL bulletin issue 20Issue 20, Spring 2007 The new languages of technology p2; Primary Languages website p4; Getting started with ICT p6; InfoDirect p7; A link with Russia p11; Focus on display p12; Summer camp in Spain p13; European Award for Languages projects p14; An INSET day in Paris p16
NACELL bulletin issue 19Issue 19, Autumn 2006

Update from CILT UK partners p2; 'Who dunnit?' Video-conferencing project p4-5; Getting started with songs and rhymes p6; InfoDirect p7; German exchange p11; Focus on puppets p12; Junior ELP p13, Celebration events p14-16

 

ELL bulletin issue 18Issue 18, Summer 2006

Primary Languages Show 2006 p2; National update p3; Où est le trésor? p4; Getting started with word families p6; InfoDirect p7; Get ready now for the World Cup p11; Focus on festivals p12; Digital audio recordings p14

 

ELL bulletin issue 17

Issue 17, Spring 2006

Roundup from the regions p3; Live la dolce vita p4; Dynamic digits p6; InfoDirect p7; Courses abroad p11; Focus on the Framework p12; Le départ p13; European Day of Languages p14; Peter Boaks p16; Asset Languages p16

 

ELL bulletin issue 16Issue 16, Autumn 2005

SLCs offer primary schools TLC p2; Get clued up! p4; Wonder of the Web p6; InfoDirect p7; Immersion teaching in Canadian primary schools p11; It's playtime! p14; Building international partnerships p15; Languages excel with Marcel p16

 

ELL bulletin issue 15Issue 15, Summer 2005

French leave: Finding out about primary schools in France p2; A shared focus on training p4; Worcester: Source of CPD! p5; Eurovision fun p6; InfoDirect p7; Variety is the spice of life! p11; Ready Steady Nihongo! p12; Halfway to paradise p13; French penpals p13; The way forward? A personal view p14; Primary Languages Show 2005 – the biggest ever! p16

 

ELL bulletin issue 14Issue 14, Spring 2005

Primary Modern Foreign Languages in Wakefield: Year 3 pilot p2; The Key Stage 2 MFL Framework: A climbing frame to success! p3; A partnership project in Key Stages 1 and 2 p4; On y va! Next stop Paris! p6; Native speaker support in the classroom p6; InfoDirect p7; Sheffield teachers establish Early Years and Primary Languages Network p11; A day in the life of a Language AST p11; A classroom-based action-research project p12; Dinocrocs in action! p14; Primary Languages Show 2005 p16

 

ELL bulletin issue 13Issue 13, Autumn 2004

An exciting opportunity to contribute to the National Languages Strategy in primary schools p2; The Languages Ladder Assessment Scheme p2; Languages for all p3; The how, when and what of ELL in the East Riding of Yorkshire p4; Once upon a time in Yorkshire p5; The teacher at work! p5; Hull – home to fish, football and français p6; Slowly, but surely p8; Portuguese, please p8; German Teacher Award 2004 p9; Up, up and away! MFL, parachutes and PE p10; New publications from CILT p12

 

ELL bulletin issue 12Issue 12, Summer 2004

Key Stage 2 Framework for MFL p2; The Languages Ladder p3; Advanced Skills Teachers – good news for schools p4; Finding paths in Barking and Dagenham p6; Creativity in the Infant classroom: using the Re-modelling Agenda p8; Ideas for the classroom: adaptable games p9; Ready, steady, NihonGO! Japanese for primary schools p10; Training courses abroad p11; Franco-British Council School Partnership Prize 2004 p12; Getting involved – sharing practice p12

 

ELL bulletin issue 11Issue 11, Spring 2004

Primary projects win prizes p2; Introducing the Dinocrocs! p3; Welsh pilot gets under way p4; Using rhyme, rhythm and rap with pupils with special needs p5; European Day of Languages p6; Junior Language Challenge p7; German for the primary school: a teacher’s perspective p8; Our week in France p9; Spotlight on courses abroad and funding opportunities p10; Trafic p10; Regional Support Groups p11; The Primary Languages Show p12

 

ELL bulletin issue 10Issue 10, Autumn 2003

Literacy development in Modern Foreign Language teaching p2; Primary Letter Box p3; Impressionism, cubism, crêpes and all things French in Reading primary classrooms p4; The student’s experience p5; Working in partnership p6; Assistance with lesson planning p7; Helping train teachers in the Liverpool Centres of Excellence model p8; Using FLAs p9; News from Wales p10; French-speaking Scottish children set singing world record for charity p10; ELL resources p11; Good news for primary schools! p12

 

ELL bulletin issue 9Issue 9, Spring 2003

Teaching French to young learners – a two-week CILT residential course p2; St Omer p3; Growth in ELL Regional Support Groups p3; Arabic in the nursery p4; ‘Can you pass me the rouge,please?’ p5; The Morocco project p6; The NACELL Best practice guide p7; Two bears on the Voyage p7; Different scripts – no problem! p8; World of languages competition p9; Primary languages teacher-training programme – good news for schools! p10; Schools working in partnership p11; ELL resources p12

 

ELL bulletin issue 8Issue 8, Autumn 2002

Initial teacher-training initiative gives boost to early language learning p2; Thumbs up for German! p3; The Full Monty in Sheffield p4; Italian celebration for Year 1 on the European Day of Languages! p5; Message in a bottle p6; Primary Languages Show p7; Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School launches new primary languages project p8; Spanish in Year 6 p9; Linguafun in Chatham p9; Regional Support Groups growing p10; ELL resources p11; Le Cirque Magique! p12

 

ELL bulletin issue 7Issue 7, Summer 2002

Lively language learning looks lovely in Liverpool! p1; Schools working together p2; Links with the wider world p4; Initial Teacher Training initiative p5; Continuing professional development p6; News and ideas from schools p7; EYL celebrations p8; Primary Modern Foreign Languages in Northern Ireland p9; What is the European Language Portfolio? p10; ELL resources p11; Bridging the gap and crossing the bridge p12

 

ELL bulletin issue 6Issue 6, September 2001

Initial Teacher Training initiative p1; We’re on the map! p2; CILT goes local for primary teachers p3; Reports on conferences p4; Spanish – the perfect choice p5; Swinging concert tour hits UK primary schools p6; News from schools p7; Reflections on the Good Practice Project p11; ELL in Ireland and Wales p14; ELL Resources p15

 

ELL bulletin issue 5Issue 5, December 2000

Reports p1; Young children playing with a foreign language p5; Lingua C support for primary schools p7; Comenius regional support groups p8; Community Languages website p8; Badging of ELL resources p8; ELL resources p9; Reconstructing primary MFL p10; European Year of Languages p11; CILT courses and conferences p12

 

ELL bulletin issue 4Issue 4, September 2000

GPP partners get together p2; Primary events p3; Ideas for the primary classroom p4; Initial teacher training and primary MFL p6; The European Primary Languages Portfolio p8; Regional reports p8; ELL resources p13;Cultural events p14; NACELL information p16

 

ELL bulletin issue 3Issue 3, April 2000

GPP evaluation p1; GPP reports p2; Electronic communication p12; Desktop videoconferencing p13; North-West PFML network p13; ELL resources p14; Badging of ELL materials p14; Kent LEA p15; The way forward p16; EYL 2001 p18; Socrates p18; GPP north and south days p18; Primary Languages Show p19; CILT primary courses and conferences p20

 

ELL bulletin issue 2Issue 2, December 1999

NACELL launched p1; Prime Minister endorses ELL 2; ELL forum p2; GPP: Progress report p2; GPP Project reports p4; ELL: Recent publications pm9; BECTa ICT training day p10; Teaching German to young learners p11; CILT courses and conferences p11; A level residential course p12

 

ELL bulletin issue 1Issue 1, May 1999
Overview and update p2; NACELL p3; Learning Reasources p4; The Good Practice Project p5; In-service Training and Courses p6; Networking p7; Information p8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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