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Language-Driven Pedagogy
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The LDP Resource Portal is an open and searchable database of materials supporting language learning and teaching. https://resources.ldpedagogy.org/
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Sep 1
📢NEW CPD for autumn 2025! Join Rachel Hawkes
this autumn/winter for 4 practical sessions on boosting confidence and creativity and preparing students for the new GCSE. KS3 strategies, phonics, grammar, listening, and more.

👉Book now: york.ac.uk/education/re...

#MFL #CPD #GCSE
Continuing Professional Development
The partnership between The University of York and the Cam Academy Trust strives to bring together research and practice to improve language curriculum design and pedagogy, leading to a higher take up...
york.ac.uk
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · 14d
📢 Upcoming MFL CPD @york.ac.uk 📢

🎓Making sense of sentence building: clarity, confidence, creativity
🗓️Tuesday 25th November 2025
⏰16:00-17:30 (Online via Zoom)
🏷️£50

⬇️ See below for more info! ⬇️

www.york.ac.uk/education/re...
Making sense of sentence building: clarity, confidence, creativity
The course will give teachers ideas and examples of tasks to develop learners’ confidence in successfully manipulating language in order to create sentences that communicate clearly.
www.york.ac.uk
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · 21d
📢@oaknational.bsky.social's new French, German, and Spanish resources for KS3 and GCSE (aligned to both AQA and Edexcel) are now complete!🥳

Produced in partnership with @camacademytrust.bsky.social
and Rachel Hawkes, they draw on LDP's research-informed principles.
www.thenational.academy/teachers
Free, time-saving teacher resources | Oak National Academy
Explore our free, time-saving teacher resources from Oak National Academy. Browse and download worksheets, quizzes and slides from KS1 to KS4.
www.thenational.academy
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · 21d
📢Upcoming MFL CPD @york.ac.uk

🎓Refreshing KS3: building towards the new GCSE with Rachel Hawkes

🗓️Tuesday 18th November
⏰16:00-17:30 (Online via Zoom)
🏷️£50
⬇️See below for more info!⬇️

www.york.ac.uk/education/re...
Refreshing KS3: building towards the new GCSE
This session looks at building excellent foundations at Key Stage 3, ensuring the sounds of the language are embedded from the beginning.
www.york.ac.uk
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · 23d
📢Higher-frequency words facilitate predictive processing for second language learners (Hwang & Kim, 2025).

An accessible one-page summary of their research is available here: www.oasis-database.org/details/ney2...
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Sep 5
How much grammar practice is enough?
Serfaty & Serrano (2024) advise reducing teaching content "in order to allow enough practice of the most fundamental content for students to attain useful, long-lasting knowledge."

Here's a summary of their study:
www.oasis-database.org/details/kp78...
www.oasis-database.org
ldpedagogy.bsky.social
Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Sep 1
📢NEW CPD for autumn 2025! Join Rachel Hawkes
this autumn/winter for 4 practical sessions on boosting confidence and creativity and preparing students for the new GCSE. KS3 strategies, phonics, grammar, listening, and more.

👉Book now: york.ac.uk/education/re...

#MFL #CPD #GCSE
Continuing Professional Development
The partnership between The University of York and the Cam Academy Trust strives to bring together research and practice to improve language curriculum design and pedagogy, leading to a higher take up...
york.ac.uk
ldpedagogy.bsky.social
Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Jul 21
📢Please spare 20 seconds for MFL vocab research!

Just answer yes, no, or I don’t know to the three questions on the form below by 7pm on Wednesday 23rd July.

forms.gle/4tHXU9nVMW1E...

Many thanks in advance!

#LangChat #MFLbluesky #edubluesky #MFL
Please spare 20 seconds for MFL vocab research
Please can you spare 20 seconds to answer yes , no, or I don’t know to these three questions by 7pm on Wednesday 23rd July?
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Mar 24
📢 Upcoming MFL CPD @york.ac.uk📢

🎓 Outstanding curriculum design for Primary Languages

🗓️Monday 31st March 2025
⏰16:00-17:30 (Online via Zoom)
🏷️£50

⬇️See below for more info!⬇️
www.york.ac.uk/education/re...
Outstanding curriculum design for Primary Languages
www.york.ac.uk
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Mar 24
📢 Upcoming MFL CPD @UniOfYork 📢

🎓 Outstanding curriculum design for Primary Languages

🗓️Monday 31st March 2025
⏰16:00-17:30 (Online via Zoom)
🏷️£50

⬇️See below for more info!⬇️
www.york.ac.uk/education/re...
Outstanding curriculum design for Primary Languages
www.york.ac.uk
ldpedagogy.bsky.social
Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Mar 24
📢 Upcoming MFL CPD @UniOfYork 📢

🎓 Outstanding curriculum design for Primary Languages

🗓️Monday 31st March 2025
⏰16:00-17:30 (Online via Zoom)
🏷️£50

⬇️See below for more info!⬇️
www.york.ac.uk/education/re...
Outstanding curriculum design for Primary Languages
www.york.ac.uk
ldpedagogy.bsky.social
Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Mar 5
✨Visit the new LDP website!✨

ldpedagogy.york.ac.uk

All of our work can now be found on one, more intuitive and sustainable platform. It gives easy access to NCELP's work (2018-2023) and our extensive suite of freely available, research-informed, and fully editable resources.
Language-Driven Pedagogy
Understanding, improving, and promoting language learning
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Jan 31
Just released!: The first of Oak's new, *free and fully adaptable* French, German, and Spanish resources for KS3 and GCSE (aligned to both AQA/Edexcel) produced in partnership with Rachel Hawkes @camacademytrust.bsky.social, director of Language-Driven Pedagogy

www.thenational.academy/teachers
Free, time-saving teacher resources | Oak National Academy
Explore our free, time-saving teacher resources from Oak National Academy. Browse and download worksheets, quizzes and slides from KS1 to KS4.
www.thenational.academy
ldpedagogy.bsky.social
Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Jan 23
SPRING CPD

Join us at our live, online interactive sessions delivered by @york.ac.uk and @camacademytrust.bsky.social. We will:
-look in-depth at MFL curriculum design and pedagogy,
-provide practical tips and effective activities to use in the classroom.

Book here: www.york.ac.uk/education/re...
Continuing Professional Development
The partnership between The University of York and the Cam Academy Trust strives to bring together research and practice to improve language curriculum design and pedagogy, leading to a higher take up...
www.york.ac.uk
ldpedagogy.bsky.social
Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Jan 22
📢 Upcoming MFL CPD @UniOfYork 📢

🎓Decolonising and diversifying the languages curriculum from KS2 to KS4: practical ideas, new perspectives and free resources.

🗓️Monday 3rd February 2025
⏰16:00-17:30 (Online via Zoom)
🏷️£50

⬇️See below for more info!⬇️

www.york.ac.uk/education/re...
Decolonising the curriculum
Decolonising and diversifying the languages curriculum from KS2 to KS4: practical ideas, new perspectives and free resources.
www.york.ac.uk
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Jan 17
In collaboration with South West Institute for teaching LDP will deliver 5 CPD sessions on 'Outstanding Curriculum Design for Secondary Languages'. These include practical ideas/resources that build confidence and are suitable for all learners! #MFL

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outstandin...
Outstanding Curriculum Design for Secondary Languages Programme
Join us for tips and tricks on creating an awesome curriculum for secondary language programmes.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Jan 8
📢 UPCOMING MFL CPD @york.ac.uk 📢

🎓 Running the Language-Driven Pedagogy Scheme of Work from Year 9 into Year 10
🗓️ Monday 20th January 2025 and Monday 24th February 2025
⏰ 16:30 - 18:00

⬇️ See below for more info! ⬇️
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https://www.york.ac.uk/education/research/language-driven-pedagogy/professional-development/running-our-ldp-sow-from-year-9-into-year-10/
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Dec 19
📢 NEW FOR 2025 📢

🎓 Running the Language-Driven Pedagogy Scheme of Work from Year 9 into Year 10
🗓️ Monday 20th January 2025 and Monday 24th February 2025
⏰ 16:30 - 18:00
🏷️ £100

⬇️ See below for more info! ⬇️

www.york.ac.uk/education/re...
Running the Language-Driven Pedagogy Scheme of Work from Year 9 into Year 10
A two-session workshop on adapting Language-Driven Pedagogy resources for Year 9 and how to integrate these within the Year 10 and 11 Schemes of Work.
www.york.ac.uk
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Language-Driven Pedagogy @ldpedagogy.bsky.social · Dec 17
📢 Just published! 📢

Marsden, E. & Hawkes, R. (2024). Balancing evidence-informed language policy and pragmatic considerations: Lessons from the MFL GCSE reforms in England. Languages, Society and Policy. www.lspjournal.com/post/balanci...
Post | LSP
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