KS3, KS4 and KS5 Inclusion
Gifted Linguists
Gifted linguists can be identified as being able to learn, absorb and recall vocabulary easily; they can apply rules readily, transferring examples to new contexts and adapting models to create new language.
In our teaching we should target gifted linguists in the following ways:
- Give them every opportunity to use the language at higher levels
- Encourage creativity – make up poems, raps and songs
- They can teach others and also work more autonomously
- work in teams
- produce their own teaching resources – grammar podcasts, video documentaries, animations using online sites such as ‘Go Animate’
- produce high quality displays; these should be interactive with a clear educative, informative and entertainment purpose
- use online resources, keep a learning journal and report back on their activities
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CILT G & T strategies:
Slower Learners
All pupils have an entitlement to learn a foreign language. Languages like German and Spanish may help pupils to improve spelling and transfer skills in English. Strategies for dealing with slower learners should be part of our armoury of good practice. They will include:
- Using a mixture of learning styles
- Showing and experimenting with pupils on different methods for learning vocabulary
- Sitting weaker pupils near the front
- Writing instructions clearly on the board / powerpoint
- Explaining, clarifying and asking for feedback at every opportunity
- Not putting pupils under pressure but at the same time challenging and raising achievement through patient encouragement and supportive twaching
- Narrow focus and clear learning outcomes
- Building on skills and material learned in previous recent lessons
- Involving weaker pupils in any practical aspects of the lesson: e.g. filming, writing on the board, operating equipment
- Good assessment for learning practice such as making assessment criteria explicit.
- ‘chunking’ the lesson into a range of short, linked activities
- clear supportive signposting, related to the learning outcomes
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