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International Education Week - Languages
This is International Education Week. Please check out all the resources available from the British Council.
The Languages Gateway
A very useful source for resources and information for languages has recently been launched - The Languages Gateway.
We would encourage all language teachers to explore what is available on the site. Searches can be refined to a particular language and to a particular UK region.
Spanish resources available from the Consejería
The following resources are now available from the Consejería.
Get the most up-to-date information with regards to the promotion of Spanish language and culture from the Consejería on their website:
They are also on Twitter! @consejeriauk
Forthcoming training activities from September to December
CPD Opportunities for teachers of Spanish: The Consejería continue to offer excellent professional development opportunities for teachers of Spanish in different formats: online, face-to-face, immersion opportunities in Spain.
Immersion opportunities in Spain: After the opportunities offered to British teachers to follow a course in a Spanish city (Valladolid, Segovia, Burgos, Palencia, León) during the school holidays, in this academic year 2022/2023 there will be new grants offered by the Junta de Castilla y León in different cities in Spain!
Resources
Tecla: Revista TECLA will be released in September. This new issue of the magazine will include some of the contributions that were presented at the Spanish Workshops held in London on the 25th June 2022: materials and ideas for the Spanish classroom, projects, etc.
Acti/España: The upcoming edition (issue number 26) of the journal of Spanish speaking activities Acti/España will be available at the end of September. It is a compilation of excellent resources created by language assistants which are ready to be used in the classroom for Primary and other levels (A, B1 and B2 levels, according to the CEFRL).
Veo en español: A project that has been set up in agreement between the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, the Film Academy and the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) which provides teachers access to the Platino Educa platform, a platform full of audiovisual materials for Spanish classes:
- Films, short films, animations in Spanish;
- Teaching materials and guides for use in the classroom, in bilingual versions;
- Ability to search by age group, type of film, theme; and
- Subtitled versions of many films available.
eLeo: The digital library of the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training with more than 3,000 books available for the Spanish classroom: graded readers, comics, novels, research publications, etc.
Registration for both Veo en español and eLeo is free for teachers of Spanish in the UK.
Brochures and posters to promote Spanish: Information for the promotion of Spanish. With updated data according to different reports published recently on the situation of Spanish, the fold-out, aimed at schools, parents and students, summarises the reasons for choosing Spanish as a foreign language from an educational and social point of view.
Other
Best Spanish Student Award: Do you have any outstanding A-level (or equivalent) students? Nominate them toward this award to give them the chance to win a three-day trip to Castilla y León in Spain. This generally opens in April.
School Links: Are you looking to establish a partnership with a school in Spain? Do you wish to organise a student exchange or project? Join our database so that we can put you in touch with a Spanish school!
NICILT Teacher Professional Learning Webinars with Joe Dale
CCEA Education Team (Languages) would like to inform languages teachers of three twilight professional learning webinars offered by NICILT in collaboration with Joe Dale:
Quizzing tools and retrieval practice in MFL
Monday 11th January, 8pm – 9pm:
Hybrid teaching for Roomies and Zoomies
Monday 18th January, 8pm – 9pm:
Harnessing the power of Bitmojis and Jamboard to engage learners in and out of the MFL classroom
Monday 25th January, 8pm – 9pm
For more information and to register, please follow the link below:
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