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Silvia Bastow FCCT @fraubastowmfl.bsky.social · Mar 15

Just returned from the 2 day #LW25 conference & still buzzing.Loved presenting, learning & catching up with people. @all4languages.bsky.social @botonessalgado.bsky.social @cristahazell.bsky.social Looking forward to the next one. Best subject specific CPD! So much wisdom & free sharing #mflsky

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tlanguageguru.bsky.social @tlanguageguru.bsky.social · Mar 15

What a wonderful 2 days at the Language World 2025! Thanks to two special colleagues @botonessalgado.bsky.social @fraubastowmfl.bsky.social but above all thank you @all-london.org.uk

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MFL-Swavesey @mfl-swavesey.bsky.social · Mar 14

Very inspired by @botonessalgado.bsky.social ! So many fantastic and refreshing ideas! #LW2025

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Feb 23

Thank you for the shoutout!

Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Feb 20

SOS!! New post on the blog about how to maximise our Y11 students’ skills in the next three months before the GCSE exams. mflcraft.blogspot.com/2025/02/sos-... #mflbluesky

SOS: So after the Y11 mocks, what?

We just completed our second set of mock exams for Y11 before the February half-term and after analysing results, most students missed the n...

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Feb 13

New Post on the blog on the use of questions in the MFL classroom to scaffold students production in a mixed ability classroom. Full of scripts of the actual questions and wording in a specific scenario mflcraft.blogspot.com/2025/02/skil... #mflbluesky

Skilful Questioning in the MFL mixed ability classroom: adaptive and responsive teaching

As I am recovering from an operation at home, I have been thinking a lot about adaptive and responsive teaching, what I call Spinning the ...

mflcraft.blogspot.com

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Feb 13

I have Patria :)

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Feb 12

I have been playing with udio.com and created a couple of songs for Y7/8 to practise key vocab. This one is for Y8 on “where I live”. After creating the song I downloaded it as a mp3 file & created several listening tasks with it, including a karaoke to sing together. www.udio.com/songs/hUqwjh...

Salgado - Casa en la Costa ext v1 | Udio

Listen to Casa en la Costa ext v1 by Salgado on Udio. Discover, create, and share music with the world. Use the latest technology to create AI music in seconds.

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Dr Kedi Simpson @kedisimpson.bsky.social · Jan 26

Reminder if you're near-ish to Oxford. We'd love to see you at this event face to face or online! I will be there with @robertwoore.bsky.social , @cateh.bsky.social and @botonessalgado.bsky.social For all your listening needs AND a free pass out of a Friday period 5 lesson! Win-win!

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Jan 21

Thank you David Binn from Sanako for coming to @PrincesRisbSch to talk to Y9s on Monday. What an inspiring talk to promote languages at GCSE level.

Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Jan 19

Join me on 30th January for a FREE webinar hosted by Languagenut on developing listening skills at GCSE. You can join in the link below. ⬇️

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focusing-o...

Focusing on listening skills for Secondary exams using Languagenut

Let's improve your listening skills for GCSE with Languagenut and guest speaker Esmeralda Salgado in this online event!

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Dec 3

Learn how to teach listening skills effectively at the Association for Language Learning Oxford Conference on 28 February.

Join in-person or online. Book your place ➡️ bit.ly/ALLOxford2025

#MFLBluesky

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Dec 22

Have a wonderful Christmas break, everyone! This is my last blogpost, Part 4, on my thoughts/strategies, for the new GCSE in MFL. All about oral/written production, using too AI. mflcraft.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-.... #MFLbkuesky

The NEW GCSE: It's all RETRIEVAL. PART 4 PRODUCTIVE structured Practice and developing FLUENCY

Merry Christmas to all! What a term this has been! I hope you can now relax with your loved ones and enjoy the festive season. As I have now...

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Mr E @theniceman.bsky.social · Dec 17

The recording of the presentations by @botonessalgado.bsky.social and me at last week's STALL meeting are available to members on the @all4languages.bsky.social website:

www.all-languages.org.uk/secondary/

Secondary Zone - Association for Language Learning

www.all-languages.org.uk

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Dec 12

Thank you to ALL for hosting our STALL meeting this evening. Here’s my presentation view.genially.com/6750ab56e0a573…

https://view.genially.com/6750ab56e0a573…

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Dec 12

Great ideas form @theniceman.bsky.social (Vincent Everett) on developing fluency at GCSE. Happening now!

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Mr E @theniceman.bsky.social · Dec 12

You're missing @botonessalgado.bsky.social talking about getting pupils communicating on the topic and everything else follows. Then it transfers to other topics. If you signed up to STALL it's happening now!

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Mr E @theniceman.bsky.social · Dec 12

Just a reindeer:
If you are signed up for @all4languages.bsky.social STALL tonight with me and @botonessalgado.bsky.social it's in an hour or so!

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Dec 11

You are right! That’s another job going on too.

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Mr E @theniceman.bsky.social · Dec 11

If you signed up for this week's STALL with me and @botonessalgado.bsky.social on spontaneous speaking and the new GCSE, it's tomorrow! Just a reindeer in case you forgot!

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Dec 10

We are expanding so we are hiring! If you would like to work in a wonderful MFL department in a really rewarding school, come and work with us. We have a vacancy for a MFL teacher at PRINCES RISBOROUGH SCHOOL part of Insignis Academy Trust

www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...

Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages, Buckinghamshire - Tes Jobs

Princes Risborough School, United Kingdom

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Dec 8

I have all my teaching and learning resources, they get updated as I modify them, for KS3, on my blog here 👇 mflcraft.blogspot.com/p/new-teachi... all for free. Include links to many interactive tasks and audio material using AI. #MFLBluesky

NEW Teaching & Learning Resources at KS3 based on the NEW 2024 GCSE

As you may know, I started a new teaching job in September as Head of MFL at Princes Risborough School. I has been a very exciting but also ...

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Dec 5

Come and join us next Thursday for our virtual meeting with @theniceman.bsky.social and myself when we will be talking about strategies to develop fluency for the new GCSE. #MFLBkuesky docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

STALL Group (ALL) virtual meeting 12th December 7-8pm

Subscription Form

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Esme Salgado @botonessalgado.bsky.social · Dec 3

Learn how to teach listening skills effectively at the Association for Language Learning Oxford Conference on 28 February.

Join in-person or online. Book your place ➡️ bit.ly/ALLOxford2025

#MFLBluesky

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All Abroad! Bus / Julia Vogado (founder) @allabroadbus.bsky.social · Nov 28

#MFLBluesky : NEW “Host a culture and language celebration day” package for primary & secondary schools, in 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸 - developed by Institut Français, Consejería de Educación en el Reino Unido and Goethe-Institut UK - available for FREE c/o #NCLE ncle-language-hubs.ucl.ac.uk/culture-days...

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