Assessing Primary Languages (Book & CD): Interpreting and Implementing Assessment of the Key Stage 2 Programme of Study - Softcover

Lara Townsend; Tracy Davies

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783172819 ISBN 13: 9781783172818

Publisher: Brilliant Publications, 2017

Synopsis

Assessing Primary Languages interprets the requirements of the KS2 Programmes of Study for foreign languages.

The most effective way of ensuring progress among your KS2 pupils in Foreign Languages is by breaking the Programmes of Study into achievable, understandable objectives, creating a unified tracking approach which can then be used by any KS2 teacher to plan their lessons.

How do you translate the vague curriculum requirements such as speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures into a four year scheme of work?

And then, how do you record progress when the national curriculum does not provide much guidance?

It is with these questions in mind that we have developed Assessing Primary Languages - a resource that supports both specialist and non-specialist teachers of primary languages to interpret the requirements of the KS2 Programme of Study, and measure pupils' progress.

Classroom teachers and subject leaders will find this resource invaluable, not least because the tried and tested framework is a rigorous tool which can be used for planning, but also because teachers are given help with deciding what substantial progress actually looks like.

The framework is clearly laid out and breaks the Programme of Study into smaller areas which are then cross-referenced across four stages, so the task of assessing all aspects of the Programme of Study has never been easier.

Assessing Primary Languages also contains a large number of creative and adaptable ready-to-use activities, including those which can be used to support you with measuring your pupils' progress for each area and at each stage.

The CD-Rom includes PowerPoints of the ready-to-use materials so that they can be used as they are, or easily adapted to suit students' needs. They can also be used to assess language from another context or as a model, eg for preparing a similar task in another language.

About this title

About the Author

Lara Townsend and Tracy Davies are experienced MFL specialists who have taught in a variety of schools right across the age range from KS1 to KS5 as well as spending a number of years in Headships.

Lara and Tracy have been working together as Languages in Primaries since 2013, supporting teachers and schools in the provision of quality language teaching and learning. As well as being actively engaged in classroom practice, their work encompasses teacher training, writing Primary Languages documentation and creating KS2 Schemes of Work that can be used in both single and mixed age classes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brilliant Publications
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783172819
• ISBN 13: 9781783172818
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76