1. Language Leaders Award

2. What does it do for young people?
• reward their language learning
• give them a purpose and context for their language skills
• develop their generic communication and leadership skills
• give them a better understanding of themselves as learners
• give a better understanding of the role of the teacher
• enhance their self-esteem and confidence
• improve their evaluative and analytical skills
• increase their personal attainment in a foreign language

3. What does it involve?
• suggested 25-30 hours delivery of course
• MFL teacher who can be explicit about aspects of
pedagogy (ITT mentor)
• Continuous assessment by teacher
• Minimum of 1 hour (4 x 15 mins) language activity
planned, delivered and evaluated by the language
leader (assessed by teacher)

4. Language Leaders Award
Overview of the course

5. Autumn Term: Developing teaching skills
Spring Term: Planning own lessons
Summer Term: Teaching in Primary

6. Preparing to teach:
Autumn Term – developing skills
• Language of the classroom
• Getting pupils’ attention
• Basic progression in language learning activities
• Plan one activity to teach to the group
• Culture of the TL country – think of two things you
can do to bring a cultural dimension to your lesson
• Games for language learning
• How can you use music, rhythm, song, movement
or drama to help your pupils learn

7. Planning 3 lessons:
Spring Term
• Get into groups of 2 or 3
• Know which school/which language/which year to
plan for
• Choose topics and language to teach
• Plan 3 x 1 hour teaching (each student to deliver
independently 20 minutes each time over 3
successive lessons to the same pupils)
• Prepare resources and materials
• Practise with peers and receive feedback

8. Teaching in primary schools:
Summer Term
• Go out to primary schools to deliver lessons
• Teacher to accompany and evalutate
Successful completion of your
one hour’s independent teaching
= Language Leaders Award