Resource Portal

Visit our new Resource Portal, launched at the end of May.  

During a transition phase, the materials below will remain on this page. 

New resources

Phonics

• Is a particular phonics approach better for teaching reading? (OASIS page) OASIS Summary of Goswami (2005)
• To what extent does pupils’ ability to sound out words affect their motivation to continue with the study of the language? (OASIS page) OASIS Summary of Erler & Macaro (2011). 
• Tracking progress in beginner language learners’ ability to sound out new words (OASIS page). OASIS Summary of Woore (2009). 
• The effects of phonics instruction on primary school learners’ French reading aloud (OASIS page). OASIS Summary of Porter (2014). 
• Teaching reading to beginner learners of French in secondary school (OASIS page). OASIS Summary of Woore et al. (2018).
• Rationale for teaching phonics (link to Resource Portal)
• Suggested ideas for teaching phonics (link to Resource Portal)

RESOURCES FOR TEACHING PHONICS

Presenting new SSC

French:

• French SSC Phonics Poster (link to Resource Portal)
• French SSC (Symbol-sound correspondence) and phonics source words (link to Resource Portal)
• French SSC (Symbol-sound correspondence) and phonics cluster words (link to Resource Portal)
• French SSC phonics teaching sequence: SFC (Silent Final Consonant) (link to Resource Portal)
• French SSC phonics teaching sequence: SFC (Silent Final Consonant) [2] (link to Resource Portal)

Applying SSC knowledge

• French phonics pelmanism with four SSC (symbol-sound correspondence) (link to Resource Portal
• French Reading activities [FLEUR] (link to Resource Portal search)
• Speaking Homework (link to Resource Portal)

Assessing SSC knowledge

• Phonics teaching discussion / Phonics teaching discussion with VEO tags (link to Resource Portal)

French:

• French diagnostic read aloud test 1 (link to Resource Portal)
• French phonological decoding (individual words) 1-1 and class Scoring spreadsheet (link to Resource Portal)
• French decoding test (reading) Time 1 [FLEUR] (link to Resource Portal)
• French decoding test (written) Time 2 [FLEUR] (link to Resource Portal)

Spanish:

• Spanish diagnotistic read aloud test 1 (link to Resource Portal)
• Spanish phonological decoding (individual words) 1-1 Class scoring spreadsheet (link to Resource Portal)

Vocabulary

Residential 1 resources

• How vocabulary knowledge contributes to proficiency in the four skills. OASIS Summary of Milton (2013).
• A review of current research on second language vocabulary learning. OASIS Summary of Schmitt (2008). 
• Which methods of vocabulary learning are most effective with beginner learners? OASIS Summary of Sagarra & Alba (2006)

Vocabulary teaching resources

AQA GCSE Frequency Word lists

Vocabulary lists, rationale and uses (link to Resource Portal)

French:

• Vocabulary frequency lists – French full list by topic, by part of speech, A-Z (link to Resource Portal)

German:

• Vocabulary frequency lists – German full list by topic, by part of speech, A-Z (link to Resource Portal)

Spanish:

• Vocabulary frequency lists – Spanish full list by topic, by part of speech, A-Z (link to Resource Portal)

• Vocabulary frequency lists – Spanish words in top 2000 but not on AQA vocabulary list (link to Resource Portal)

Verb presentation resources

Focusing on the verb lexicon: Why and how to teach a verb vocabulary (link to Resource Portal)

French:

• French – Overview of language in ‘first encounter’ 25 and 15 verb resources (link to Resource Portal)
• French 25 most common verbs – resources (link to Resource Portal search)

• French 15 high-frequency prototype verbs – resources (link to Resource Portal search)

German:

• German – Overview of language in ‘first encounter’ 25 and 15 verb resources (link to Resource Portal)
• German 25 most common verbs – resources (link to Resource Portal search)

• German 25 high-frequency prototype verbs – resources (link to Resource Portal search)

Spanish:

• Spanish – Overview of language in ‘first encounter’ 25 and 15 verb resources (link to Resource Portal)
• Spanish 25 most common verbs – resources  (link to Resource Portal search)
• Spanish 15 high-frequency prototype verbs – resources (link to Resource Portal search)

Vocabulary learning sequences

Vocabulary learning sequences: teacher notes (link to Resource Portal)

Spanish:

• Spanish – Sentence builder – En la ciudad (link to Resource Portal)

Information gap tasks

French:

• Avoir-Etre Spot the Difference – French (link to Resource Portal)
• Jigsaw task: Names and ages – French (link to Resource Portal)
• Classroom Spot the Difference – French (link to Resource Portal)
• French postcard decision-making activity (link to Resource Portal)

German:

• Spot the difference 15 verbs – German (link to Resource Portal)
• Jigsaw task: names and ages – German (link to Resource Portal)
• Guess Where?  – German (link to Resource Portal)
• SEIN / HABEN spot the difference (link to Resource Portal)
• German postcard decision-making activity (link to Resource Portal)

Spanish:

• Classroom Spot the Difference – Spanish (link to Resource Portal)
• Jigsaw task: names and ages – Spanish (link to Resource Portal)

• Planet Spot the Difference – Spanish (link to Resource Portal)
• SER / TENER spot the difference – Spanish (link to Resource Portal)
• Spanish postcard decision-making activity – holiday (link to Resource Portal)

Assessment

• Pupil self-assessment checklist template (link to Resource Portal)Pupil self-assessment checklist vocabulary learning: L’école – French (link to Resource Portal)

Grammar

Residential 1 resources

• What do 49 studies tell us about the effectiveness of grammar teaching? OASIS Summary of Norris & Ortega (2001). 
• Second language grammar learning: what is difficult and why? OASIS Summary of DeKeyser (2005).
• How do age and learning conditions influence second language learning? OASIS Summary of Lichtman (2016). 
• The impact of different input activities on grammar learning for beginning language learners. OASIS Summary of Marsden (2006). 
• Teaching grammar through different types of input activities. OASIS Summary of Kasprowicz & Marsden (2017). 

 

Grammar CPD Resources

• NCELP Grammar CPD half-day (link to Resource Portal)
  • What determines the difficulty of grammar
  • Principles for teaching grammar in a foreign language

French NCELP Grammar resources

• Questions versus Statements  – 2nd person singular ONLY (link to Resource Portal)
• Questions versus Statements – 2nd person plural ONLY (link to Resource Portal)
• Talking to others: tu and vous – 2nd person singular versus 2nd person plural (link to Resource Portal)
• Present versus perfect tense (avoir) – 1st person singular (link to Resource Portal)
• The perfect tense (avoir) – 3rd person singular and plural (link to Resource Portal)
• The perfect tense: avoir versus etre – 3rd person singular (link to Resource Portal)

• French present irregular verbs 3rd person singular vs plural (link to Resource Portal)
• French present -RE verbs 3rd person singular vs plural (link to Resource Portal)
• French present -IR verbs 3rd person singular vs plural (link to Resource Portal)
• French present -ER verbs 3rd person singular vs plural (link to Resource Portal) 
• French question words introduction (link to Resource Portal)
• French question words practice (link to Resource Portal)

German NCELP Grammar resources

• Present tense – 3rd person singular versus plural (link to Resource Portal)
• Perfect tense – 1st person singular (link to Resource Portal)
• Question words introduction (link to Resource Portal)
• Question words practice (link to Resource Portal)

Spanish NCELP Grammar resources

• Present tense -AR verbs – 1st person singular and plural (link to Resource Portal)
• Present tense – AR verbs affirmative versus negative (link to Resource Portal)
• Present tense -AR verbs – 2nd person singular and plural (link to Resource Portal)
• Present reflexive ‘me’ versus non-reflexive (link to Resource Portal)

• Question words introduction (link to Resource Portal)
• Question words practice (link to Resource Portal)

Meaningful Practice

Meaningful Practice (link to Resource Portal search)