Don't panic- ideas to get them speaking and writing at CA Stage 1- Ryde High School

Following an indepth exam board presentation by Hilary Quigg of AQA I was asked by Languages South East to give a few ideas to help teachers on the Isle of Wight to prepare their students for the Controlled Assessments. My main message was "Don't Panic"- good teaching remains good teaching no matter what the end exam, as long as we base it on sound pedagogy. Although in my eyes there are huge issues with the current exam set-up, there are potential gains if we can get our learners to a point where they have a base armoury of language that we can build on in every stage 1 before we build up to a controlled assessment. With plenty of games, opportunities to argue and practise language in a meaningful way we can jump through those hoops that are in front of us. If any of the games don't make sense just from the slides, feel free to leave a comment below and I'll explain them further.

Example podcasts mentioned:

Imperfect grammar podcast

Lost Property

(although this was made for the old GCSE, if you know the kind of language you want for each topic, why not put your own series together, set to different musical beds?!)

Inspiring speaking and writing ideas

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