Speaking and Spontaneous Talk in the Languages Classroom

These presentations reflect a long-standing preoccupation with teaching speaking in the foreign languages classroom. Several developments in recent years have put a spotlight on speaking, including the Ofsted report 'The changing landscape', the new secondary curriculum, the renewed framework and the new GCSE exam. Most recently, I have been involved in a Linked Up project, Talking to Learn, which focused on generating more learner talk in the classroom, both planned and unplanned, or spontaneous. The many resources resulting from the project, which involved 7 secondary schools in the Eastern region, are downloadable from the project wikis (see the Links section). Spontaneous talk in the languages classroom was also the subject of my Phd at the University of Cambridge, which I finished early in 2012. Hurrah! The title of my thesis is "Learning to talk and talking to learn: how spontaneous teacher-learner interaction in the secondary foreign languages classroom provides greater opportunities for L2 learning."

GCSE Speaking Day - Yr 10 French (2013) Introduction (PPT) Session 1 (PPT) Session 2 (PPT) Session 3 (PPT) Session 4 (PPT) Student Booklet (pdf) Student Evaluation (PPT)
GCSE Speaking Day - Yr 10 Spanish (2013) Introduction (PPT) Session 1 (PPT) Session 2 (PPT) Session 3 (PPT) Session 4 (PPT) Student Booklet (pdf) Student Evaluation (PPT)	GCSE Speaking Day - Yr 10 German (2013) Introduction (PPT) Session 1 (PPT) Session 2 (PPT) Session 3 (PPT) Session 4 (PPT) Student Booklet (pdf) Student Evaluation (PPT)
Classroom Talk - Language Show 2012 Classroom Talk - Language Show 2012 (PPT)	Leicester - September 2012 Leicester - September 2012 (PPT)
Sananko Speaking & Listening - June 2012 Sananko Speaking & Listening Session - June 2012 (PPT)	Language World - March 2012 Language World Presentation - Manchester March 2012 (PPT)
Creativity Talks - Feb 2012 Creativity Talks - Feb 2012 (PPT)	ISMLA Conference 2012 ISMLA Annual Conference 2012 (PPT)
Languages Show 2011 - Talk to me Languages Show 2011 Talk to me (PPT)	Spontaneous Classroom Talk - Sept 2011 Spontaneous Talk Session (RHawkes) - September 2011 (PPT)
Encouraging Spontaneous Talk - Sept 2011 Spontaneous Talk Session (MGillings) - September 2011 (PPT)	Real communication for real meaning Real communication for real meaning (pdf)
What's their motivation? What's their motivation? (pdf)	Talking to Learn Talking to Learn (pdf)
Creativity Talks Creativity Talks (pdf)	Tower Hamlets - March 2011 Tower Hamlets Speaking (March 2011) (PPT) Inventory of Talk Ideas (pdf)