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Regular sessions are held at different
venues around Telford and Wrekin. The session was opened by Emilia Quaranta, RSG Co-ordinator, who provided an overview of the Telford and Wrekin RSG and providing an overview of future activities. She also expressed her gratitude to the school for hosting the event and moved on to introducing the speaker for the session, Val Thornber - Beelingua. After trying to resolve some technical issues, the session started with Val providing a detailed overview of how stories can be a successful tool for teaching languages. She demonstrated how some simple stories created in Power Point could be adapted to fit in with the language and the skills teachers are trying to develop, as well as demonstrating how to use Little Tails of the Unexpected (commercial resource authored by al herself) as a teaching tool. The final part of the session included time for individual support using Powerpoint to create stories and also time to view a small showcase of resources currently available for the primary classroom and the opportunity to discuss these with other attendees allowing all the opportunity to network and share ideas. Session
2: Wednesday 22 November 2006 Emilia Quaranta opened
the event by welcoming all and by thanking the school for kindly hosting
the even and introducing various speakers for the workshop. The sessions them moved on to demonstrating a variety of activities, which would encourage appreciation of other cultures through the theme of Christmas and demonstrating some traditional stories such as the Saint Nicolas, la Befana and many others. They also provided the audience with many examples of free on line resources that could be used during a typical school day to encourage intercultural understanding. Throughout the session there were clear links made to the KS2 Framework and a discussion on how well know teaching and learning techniques could be used in ELL took place after each activities, as well as encouraging and inviting the attendees to share their experiences. The final part of the session included time for sharing experiences and ideas through a presentation and demonstration form 5 local schools, 4 primaries and one secondary. All attendees left with a pack containing teaching ideas and resources and a list of useful websites. Session
3: Tuesday 9 January 2007 Emilia Quaranta opened
the event by welcoming all and by thanking the school for kindly hosting
the event and introduced John Mcnutt, Asset Languages, as the speaker
for the workshop. Emilia asked the audience to reflect on one statement from the NLS regarding the expectation that every child should “reach a recognised level of competence through a national scheme” and facilitated a discussion on the impact this would have on teacher and on the school as a whole. The session was handed over to John who provided a very inspiring presentation on what Asset Languages is and how it works. He allowed for continuous feedback from the audience and answered a number of questions. The session ended by John facilitating a sample activity from the teacher assessment pack, involving the audience. All attendees were provided with copies of all documents used during the session as well as an Asset Languages information pack. Session
4: Wednesday 7 March 2007 Emilia Quaranta opened
the event by welcoming all and by providing an overview of the session
with emphasis on the suggestion that early language learning exposes children
to e-learning and that podcasting should be considered a valuable ICT
resource which support independent learning and has the potential to involved
children as well as their parents/carers and the wider community. It should
also be valued for its value in terms of sharing good practices. She then
introduced Andy Pearsall, a lecturer for UCE Birmingham, who has been
engaged in a number of projects geared to the development of e-learning. This was a practical session which introduced the audience to a new technology. Session
5: Tuesday 8 May 2007 Session
6: Thursday 22 March 2007 NACELL Regional Support Groups are funded by the DfES and co-ordinated by CILT, the National Centre for Languages in support of the National Languages Strategy. |
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Coordinator: Emilia Quaranta, Borough of Telford & Wrekin Council, Civic Offices,
Telford, Shropshire TF3 4WF