Making practice meaningful

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In this session, we examine the principles of meaningful practice task design and explore a wide range of examples from the classroom.

This webinar is the second of two December webinars led by Rachel Hawkes. <h3>They are in aid of a project to provide for the essential needs of children in the Casa Hogar Amor de Dios orphanages in Arequipa, Perú. Please made a donation, no matter how small, via <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/rachel-hawkes" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rachel's JustGiving site </a>here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/rachel-hawkes </h3>Note that there is a separate link for the first webinar, Culture and Cultural Capital in the languages classroom <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/culture-and-cultural-capital-in-the-languages-classroom-registration-128651081849" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here</a>: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/culture-and-cultural-capital-in-the-languages-classroom-registration-128651081849SESSION INFORMATION [WEBINAR 1]Most (all?!) teachers would say that language and culture are linked, and you can’t teach one without the other. What do we mean when we say this? What is culture in the languages classroom? How can we integrate cultural content in an optimum way? How does language learning contribute to our learners’ cultural capital?This session is packed with resources and teaching ideas (freely downloadable) in French, German and Spanish. There will also be the chance to see Sanako Connect in action, supporting remote teaching and learning (in Peru!). SESSION INFORMATION [WEBINAR 2]Meaningful practice activities provide an element of language control whilst compelling students to making meaningful choices when carrying them out. In this session, we examine the principles of task design and explore a wide range of examples across both modes (receptive and productive) and modalities (oral and written). All resources (French, German, Spanish) are freely downloadable from the NCELP Resource Portal. There will also be the chance to see Sanako Connect in action, using meaningful practice tasks to support remote teaching and learning (in Peru!). SESSION PRESENTERDr Rachel Hawkes is an influential and renowned speaker as well as past President of the Association for Language Learning (ALL), an experienced Head of Modern Languages, AST and SLE. Co-author of several textbooks, including the Pearson textbook for GCSE Spanish (¡Viva!) and the KS3 Stimmt! course for German, Rachel has both MEd and PhD from Cambridge University, focusing on teacher and learner interaction in the secondary languages’ classroom. She is currently seconded as Co-Director NCELP, the National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy.NCELP (National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy)Sign up to the <a href="https://ncelp.org/contact-us/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NCELP mailing list</a>, to stay informed about new resources and other developments. https://ncelp.org/contact-us/ More information and to register for a FREE trial licence for Sanako Connect can be obtained by contacting Sanako's UK office directly by emailing david.binns@sanako.com and using the code PERU in the subject header. Alternatively you can telephone directly on 0113 385 4670 or visit the UK website <a href="https://sanako.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.sanako.co.uk </a>ALL Don't forget to join ALL or renew your membership to ensure you have access to all the great member benefits! <a href="https://www.all-languages.org.uk/join/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.all-languages.org.uk/join/</a>Please read the Webinar page of our website for more information about how to join a Webinar. In particular, please read our etiquette on participating in a webinar: <a href="http://www.all-london.org.uk/site/index.php/webinars/webinar-information/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.all-london.org.uk/site/index.php/webinars/webinar-information/</a>

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