1. FLAs in the UK Your subtopic goes here The aim of the assistant programme The English education system Practical ideas

2. The ENGLISH education system 3. The language of education What are we talking about? KS3 (SATs) - KS4 (GCSE / GNVQ) - KS5 (AS/A2) (Sixth Form Year 12 + 13) AT1 - AT2 - AT3 - AT4 DfE AQA OCR EdExcel GCSE EBACC (Attainment targets) Listening Speaking Reading - Writing Department for Education Assessment and Qualifications Authority Oxford, Cambridge and RSA [London based board] General Certificate of Secondary Education English Baccalaureate 4. The examinations the boards 5. GCSE 6. The examinations The GCSE exam Listening 20% Speaking 30% Reading 20% Writing 30% GCSE 7. The examinations - speaking The GCSE oral exam Speaking and writing: Controlled Assessment Teachers select the tasks, set them and supervise them. GCSE 8. A level Year 1 = AS Year 2 = A2 9. The examinations - speaking The AS oral exam An aspect of culture or society in the TL country Discuss a text with the examiner (time given for preparation e.g. 20 minutes) Discussion of the text + further areas related to the same topic 20 minutes Unprepared questions are an essential part AS 10. The examinations - speaking The A2 oral exam The student is assessed on quality of language, justification + debate, and understanding. The examination can take the following form: 1 minute presentation 4 minute discussion of the topic chosen Spontaneous discussion of two further issues A2 11. Find out which examination board you use + be clear on the expectations of the examination 12. The expectations of teachers RESULTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! End of Year 9 level 5+ GCSE grade C+ AS grades A+B A2 grades A+B 13. The expectations of teachers Year 9 end of KS3 levels level 5+ Write a short paragraph of 5 or 6 longer sentences, including 2 time frames one generally accurately and the other used correctly at least once. If appropriate questions should be asked. Dictionaries are regularly used to find unknown words and to check spellings for words they have learnt. GCSE grade C+ Good competent language knowledge. Grasp of the past, future and present tense. Good grasp of basic regular and irregular verbs. Opinions expressed and some basic adjectives. Can answer questions on the exam topics without having to ask for them to be repeated. Speaks at a reasonable pace and does not leave long pauses in answers. Written coursework of 180+ words per assignment. AS grades A+B A2 grades A+B 14. How can the FLA make a difference? Making them talk! Enthusiasm Experiencing the real thing Age gap You are not the teacher It is fun! 15. Divide the paper into 6 sections. In each section you will draw something to represent the words you will see shortly. There is a time limit you must be FAST! 16. Contra el ratn 17. A member of the family A pet An item of furniture A method of transport An item of food A type of weather 18. Show your pictures to your partner + he/she must guess what they are 19. Show your pictures to your partner + he/she must give an opinion on each thing shown 20. Say something different 21. I hate onions Make one change 22. Cats are weird Make one change 23. I like to go for long walks in the mountains Make one change 24. Sometimes I read romantic novels Make one change 25. Progression . French GCSEHow can we make them talk? What is your favourite school subject? 26. Progression I like French GCSEHow can we make them talk? What is your favourite school subject? 27. Progression I like French because it is interesting GCSEHow can we make them talk? What is your favourite school subject? 28. Progression I like French because it is interesting and the teacher is good. GCSEHow can we make them talk? What is your favourite school subject? 29. Progression I like French because it is interesting and the teacher is good and in the future I would like to study Italian. GCSEHow can we make them talk? What is your favourite school subject? 30. How can we make them talk?????? What do they want to talk about? GCSE Starter questions Did you see Eastenders? Chelsea or Arsenal? Big Brother or X Factor? Mobile phones. 31. Coping with questions 32. Questionnaires Name Age Home Date of birth Place of birth Brothers / Sisters Likes Dislikes Ambitions GCSEHow can we make them talk? Ask me a question 33. Questions GCSE Maths 8.40 He is strict No, it is difficult 15.10 It is mixed I eat in the canteen Yes, I go to Drama club How can we make them talk? 34. Questions GCSEHow can we make them talk? What did you do last weekend? What didnt you do last weekend? 35. The importance of opinions 36. En mi opinin ni hablar! Tienes toda la razn Estoy totalmente de acuerdo pero no es verdad.. En absoluto! Has dicho que .pero Bueno, depende Si te entiendo bien, piensas que.. 37. Opinions GCSE Big Brother School uniform Chelsea FC X Factor Kate Middleton Rihanna + quantifiers How can we make them talk? One Direction 38. Making speaking fun 39. Making dialogues fun (?!) Act it out In a mood (acting techniques + memorisation) GCSEHow can we make them talk? 40. Make it into a game GCSEHow can we make them talk? Include an element of competition in your activities games or beat the clock activities. Even the most difficult customers are often motivated to beat their next door neighbour. Wherever you can, try to make pupils language learning fun. 41. Millionaire Who wants to be a millionaire? A great teaching game! A sense of competition adds a reason for student to talk. GCSEHow can we make them talk? Contestants have three lifelines: 1. They can phone a friend and ask them the answer in 30 seconds 2. They can opt for 50:50 and have two wrong answers taken away 3. They can ask the audience i.e. their friends They can only use each lifeline once. 42. Your answer must contain EXACTLY 7 words! Your answer must contain more than 9 words! 43. Using dice Throw 1 starter Throw 2 - opinion 1 I like 1 Its 2 I prefer 2 I find it 3 I really like 3 Because its 4 I dont like 4 For me its 5 I hate 5 I think its 6 I cant stand 6 Most of the time its GCSEHow can we make them talk? 44. Using dice 1. I 2. You (singular) 3. He/she 4. We 5. You (plural) 6. They GCSEHow can we make them talk? 45. Using dice for pronunciation 1 A Londres tout est trop cher 2 A mon avis Paris est plus chic que Londres 3 Pour moi, cest New York - cest gnial 4 Jaimerais aller Tokyo il parat que cest trs zen 5 Jai entendu qu Sydney on ne dort pas 6 Avec tous les films Bollywood, Bombay est trs la mode GCSEHow can we make them talk? 46. Using dice for opinions 1 You are surprised by this viewpoint 2 You must defend this viewpoint 3 You agree 4 You disagree 5 You do not hold an opinion 6 You play for time on this topic GCSEHow can we make them talk? 47. Learning vocabulary Card games Bingo Repeat if it is true Pictionary Which one is missing? GCSEHow can we make them talk? 48. Different contexts Big Brother / X Factor / Im a Celebrity (Get Me Out of Here) GCSEHow can we make them talk? 49. Different contexts The Simpsons GCSEHow can we make them talk? 50. Different contexts The zoo GCSEHow can we make them talk? 51. A conversation between cats What are the cats talking about? Mice Their family Other cats in the area Last night Their kittens Food Dogs Famous cats (Garfield, Pink Panther, Puss in Boots, etc) 52. um...zu... schwerer als leicht aufstehen es wrde...geben man darf (nicht/kein(e)) wir mssen streng nicht leiden Mobbing dreckig meiner Meinung nach AGs ...fllt mir/fallen mir gestern letzte Woche Deutschland Schulregeln wedernoch knnen Mittagspause gute Noten vielleicht Schuluniform Gang Spend the Words Take it in turns to ask and answer the same questions as before. This time, rather than speaking for as long as you can, you need to try and include the words below and spend the words as you answer your 5 questions. Your partner will cross them off as you use them and you need to do the same for your partner. The first to use up all the words is the winner. 53. Opinion Present Future Reason Time expression Comparison Complexity Past Reference to others Talk about your family 54. Interviews Students can conduct interviews on selected topics with various people. It is a good idea that the teacher provides a rubric to students so that they know what type of questions they can ask or what path to follow, but students should prepare their own interview questions. After interviews, each student can present their findings. 55. The key elements needed to get higher grades need to be emphasised 56. IMPORTANT!!!!!! Results Opinions Tenses Extended language GCSEHow can we make them talk? 57. Keeping their attention! Think about the length of lessons. If you have slots that are longer than 25 minutes, youll need to think about the number of activities to cover. Pupils learn in different ways. Some respond well to the written word, others to pictures, others to sound, others to very active tasks. Try and include different types of activities in your work to appeal to different learner types. Vary your approach from week to week. GCSEHow can we make them talk? 58. Using pictures 59. AQA Spanish AS Level Nelson Thornes 2008 What? Where? When? Who? How? How many? Why? 60. Dnde? Cundo? 61. en Espagne. aux tas-unis en France. Lanne dernire, je suis all(e) Jai visit des monuments des muses des galeries Je suis rest(e) et dans un hotel dans un camping dans une gte et ctait Jaimais bien mais pas la chaleur. les toilettes. les embouteillages. Lanne prochaine, jirai en cosse Autriche Australie confortable. bien equip(e). trs moderne. jai fait du cyclisme. jai nag dans la mer. jai fait des excursions. les plages les botes de nuit les restaurants faire de lalpinisme. faire du cano-kayac. visiter les attractions. pour 62. Picture Describing Another way to make use of pictures is to give students just one picture and have them describe what it is in the picture. For this activity students can form groups and each group is given a different picture. Students discuss the picture with their groups, then a spokesperson for each group describes the picture to the whole class. 63. Spot the Difference For this activity students can work in pairs and each couple is given two different pictures, for example, picture of boys playing football and another picture of girls playing tennis. Students in pairs discuss the similarities and/or differences in the pictures. 64. Use of video GCSE AS/A2 How can we make them talk? 65. Estudia el anuncio y prepara tu comentario. 1 De se qu trata? Cul es el tema? 2 A quin va dirigido el anuncio? 3 Cules son las palabras clave? 4 Te gusta el anuncio? Por qu? 66. Prediction 67. Imagine what is happening in the video for each sound 68. Which of these is the baby doing? 69. Use of Youtube / Google video School filters GCSEHow can we make them talk? www.keepvid.com 70. Techniques for exploiting film/video freeze frame description/ prediction brainstorming adjectives for characters/scenes sound down sound only listening for presence/order Summaries GCSEHow can we make them talk? 71. Use of song Memorising words / lyrics 72. Brief texts as prompts for speaking 73. AQA Spanish AS Level Nelson Thornes 2008 Estudia el anuncio y prepara tu comentario. 1 De qu trata? Cul es el tema? 2 A quin va dirigido el anuncio? 3 Cules son las palabras clave del eslogan? 4 Te interesara esta clase de vacaciones? Por qu? 5 Qu importancia tienen las vacaciones en tu opinin? 74. Use of text 1. Text to prompt talk A levelHow can we make them talk? 75. Use of text 1. Text to prompt talk 2. Use of headlines A levelHow can we make them talk? 76. Use of text 1. Text to prompt talk 2. Use of headlines 3. Questionnaires A levelHow can we make them talk? 77. Use of text 1. Text to prompt talk 2. Use of headlines 3. Questionnaires 4. Match headline to text A levelHow can we make them talk? 78. Use of text 1. Text to prompt talk 2. Use of headlines 3. Questionnaires 4. Match headline to text 5. Incorrect summaries A levelHow can we make them talk? 79. How can we make them talk? Use of text 1. Text to prompt talk 2. Use of headlines 3. Questionnaires 4. Match headline to text 5. Incorrect summaries 6. Key words + invent story A level 80. How can we make them talk? Use of text Create your own text. A level www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp 81. Pronunciation 82. Other ideas for prompting talk Tongue twisters for pronunciation Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stick. Mrs. Smith's Fish Sauce Shop. Unique New York. 83. Listening How you can help us 84. More ideas? www.britishcouncil.org/flasonline