{"id":11504,"date":"2019-10-31T14:36:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/?p=11504"},"modified":"2019-10-31T17:56:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T17:56:55","slug":"modern-languages-teaching-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/2019\/10\/31\/modern-languages-teaching-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Languages Teaching Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday 30 October, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/european-culture-languages\/modern-languages\">Department of Modern Languages<\/a> hosted its second Modern Languages Teaching Forum, inviting language teachers from across Kent and the south east.<\/p>\n<p>The Forum is designed to bring together teachers of modern languages at all levels to share good practice and discuss the challenges facing the sector, support language teaching and encourage pupils to continue to study languages and develop their confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Guests were welcomed by Dr Alvise Sforza Tarabochia, Head of the Department of Modern Languages, and Dr Wissia Fiorucci, Director of Education and Modern Languages Co-ordinator, who gave a brief introduction to the University\u2019s approach to co-teaching and Erasmus+ Training, for which she was awarded a Humanities Faculty Teaching Prize in summer 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The University\u2019s language lectors presented on a range of topics following the theme of \u2018Speaking\u2019, including<br \/>\n\u2022 \u2018How to Deal with Lack of Confidence in Speech\u2019<br \/>\n\u2022 \u2018Promoting Communication in Mixed-Ability Classrooms: a Ludological Approach\u2019<br \/>\n\u2022 \u2018Spatiality and Oral Skills in the Language Learning Classroom\u2019<br \/>\n\u2022 \u2018Barfing at the Wrong Tree: a Comical Approach to Mispronunciation\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Carla Winchester of Radnor House School in Sevenoaks also presented on \u2018Willingness to Communicate in a Foreign Language and its Relevance in the MFL Classroom\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the event, Dr Alvise Sforza Taraboachia said: \u2018It was great to see the room packed with lecturers, lectors, teachers and even students who wish to embark on a teaching career. The papers were very thought-provoking and inspired many of the teachers present to experiment with new approaches to encourage in-class speaking in the target language. We look forward to the next forum!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The next Forum is due to take place in late spring 2020. Those wishing to register their interest in attending should contact Dr Alvise Sforza Tarabochia at <a href=\"mailto:A.Sforza-Tarabochia@kent.ac.uk\">A.Sforza-Tarabochia@kent.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday 30 October, the Department of Modern Languages hosted its second Modern Languages Teaching Forum, inviting language teachers from across Kent and the south &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/2019\/10\/31\/modern-languages-teaching-forum\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52167,"featured_media":11505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[500],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11504"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11511,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11504\/revisions\/11511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}