The Language Show: The new GCSE + Retrieval Practice

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The new GCSE: The key is Retrieval Practice

Princes Risborough School

The "new" demands

Dictation

Specific Vocab

Reading Aloud

Retrieval

Retrieval through your curriculum

Design a rich & clever curriculum based on the Retrieval of High Frequency expressions, which will also develop communication from day 1: The Magic Powers

Structure your content

How are you going to incorporate your Magic Powers throughout the Learning Journey?

Sections like this help you create order

Don't become obssessed with the vocab syllabus but you can always check....

Retrieval in ALL lessons

Scaffold the process

Through Structured Practice

Through Modelling

Through independent Practice

Modelling activities

Dictation Activities

Reading Aloud Activities

Dictation Activities

Fill in the gaps dictation Battleships dictation Running Dictation Fill in the gaps without gaps Dictogloss

Dictate,stop and finish the sentence Arrange the words/sentences

Reading Aloud Activities

Using Flippity/ Wheel of names for Reading Ping-Pong Using Flippity/Wheel of names with Piedra/Papel/Tijera Battleships Reading Don't be the last one Information gap activity with Reading / Dictation in pairs

TrapdoorChócala/ High Five

Structured Reading/ Listening Practice activities using AI

Reading Activities

Listening Activities

Virtual Treasure Hunt with Google Earth

Structured Oral Practice activities

Battleships oral

Information Gap Activities

Board Games

Independent Writing/Oral Practice using AI

Writing Practice using Google Forms

Use a tutor chatbot

Writing Practice using Padlet

Oral skills are at the core: The Onion Model

ListeningReading EXAMS Skills

Roleplay

Writing Skills

Reading aloud &Photocard

Teaching the skills needed for success in the exam

The oral exam: the core

Practise the Listening Exam Questions

Practise the Reading Exam Questions

@BotonesSalgado

There is a new GCSE, YES, but the aim should be the same: communication and achieving fluency. How? Via Retrieval Practice of structures and the skills needed to succeed in the exam

My Blog: MFLCraft

Students play in pairs. They can read up to 3 sentences in a row when it is their turn, but the person reading the last sentence loses the game.

Your Magical Powers: How do they relate to the syllabus vocabulary? Which expressions do you want your students to use over and over again from Y7?

• Using more than one tense
• Giving opinions
• Giving reasons
• Talking about someone/ reported speech
• High impact expressions

Battleships Reading

Perfect opportunity for checking for understanding and retrieving vocabulary from past topics, example from Y9.

Talk, Stop and Finish the sentenceEl año pasado fui a En la Tomatina se La recomen Mi amigo di Creo que pue Creo que fu

To be done as a whole class or in pairs

To be done in pairs or groups. It can be a text or a list of sentences. Example from Y9.

Piedra, Papel, Tijera, Evolución

Fill in the Gaps without Gaps example. It can be done with sentences or with a text. El pasado fui a la Tomatina mis amigos La gente suele tomates También se puede vídeos locos La gente nadar en zumo de Hace 2 decidí ir a la Tomatina La gente pasarlo bien Se puede fotos bailar calle

Battleships Dictation