Talking posh
Just before I left the house this morning, I caught a snatch of Call Kaye on the radio. Should we be insisting that our children talk 'properly'? Sadly, in Scotland that tends to mean adopting a Pan...
View ArticleReflections on a life-long process
A discussion this afternoon as we walked down the Bishop's Glen under a miraculously cleared sky had me thinking. Not, on this occasion, of how cold my head had become - it was, we discovered, only 1ºC...
View ArticleLanguage World 2014, 4-5 April at Lancaster University
I had a great time at Language World 2014. As promised, here is a copy of my slides and reference sheet. If you are still not an ALL member, what are you thinking of? Definitely time to join this...
View ArticleMerseyside Languages Conference 2014
I had a great afternoon yesterday at the Merseyside Languages Conference 2014. As promised, here are a copy of my slides and handout....
View ArticleLiverpool MFL Conference, 6th July 2015, Jaguar Rover
I had a great day in Liverpool at the conference organised by Hilary Jones of Network for Languages North West. Other speakers included OFSTED inspector Liz Kelly and the fabulous Juliet Park.A...
View ArticleMotivating Tools for Reading and Writing in the EAL and MFL Classroom,...
I had a fantastic time at #pracped15, the Practical Pedagogies conference organised by @russeltarr at the International School of Toulouse. It was great to meet new people and finally meet people I...
View ArticleTechnology In Language Teaching SANAKO Conference, Altrincham Grammar School...
I had a lovely morning today at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys with fellow language teachers and the SANAKO team.As promised, here are the slides I used for the session... Technology in Language...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Language World 2016, 12th March 2016: Lost in Translation?
Language World is the annual language conference organised by ALL, the Association for Language Learning. As always this was a great opportunity to meet like-minded colleagues and the atmosphere was as...
View ArticleLiverpool MFL Conference, 6th July 2015, Jaguar Rover
I had a great day in Liverpool at the conference organised by Hilary Jones of Network for Languages North West. Other speakers included OFSTED inspector Liz Kelly and the fabulous Juliet Park.A...
View ArticleMotivating Tools for Reading and Writing in the EAL and MFL Classroom,...
I had a fantastic time at #pracped15, the Practical Pedagogies conference organised by @russeltarr at the International School of Toulouse. It was great to meet new people and finally meet people I...
View ArticleTechnology In Language Teaching SANAKO Conference, Altrincham Grammar School...
I had a lovely morning today at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys with fellow language teachers and the SANAKO team.As promised, here are the slides I used for the session... Technology in Language...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Language World 2016, 12th March 2016: Lost in Translation?
Language World is the annual language conference organised by ALL, the Association for Language Learning. As always this was a great opportunity to meet like-minded colleagues and the atmosphere was as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Translation is Back! 20 Ideas for Teaching Translation
Last month, I was delighted to publish a translation resource on the fabulous Teachit site.The resource is not language-specific and the ideas can be adapted to many languages. I hope it is of use!The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Translation is Back! 20 Ideas for Teaching Translation
Last month, I was delighted to publish a translation resource on the fabulous Teachit site.The resource is not language-specific and the ideas can be adapted to many languages. I hope it is of use!The...
View ArticleNALA Conference, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 8 July 2017
More than words nala from Isabelle Jones
View ArticleClik here to view.
Teach Languages Conference, 10 February 2018
Teach Languages 2018Teach Languages is a conference and exhibition for language teachers organised by Linguascope. The 2018 edition will take place on Saturday 10th February 2018. ProgrammeThe focus...
View ArticleCreative Grammar: Developing Learners’ Independence
Linguascope2018 from Isabelle Jones
View ArticleClik here to view.
Translation for all!-Linguascope Webinar, Thursday 16 April 2020
I had a great time doing this Zoom seminar for Linguascope.com on Thursday 16 April. Thanks for having me!We had attendees from Austria, Canada, Czechia, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
"Music, Rhythm and Grammar-Supporting Recall", TM Modern Foreign Languages...
I had a great time at the TM Modern Foreign Languages event this morning. There certainly was a great variety of topics and presenters and now I am truly buzzing with new ideas...Please find a link...
View Article