Learning Outcomes:
Participants will be able to:
• Consider how to incorporate the national policy priorities of literacy, numeracy, school self-evaluation and Junior Cycle reform into classroom practice
• Review and evaluate Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle syllabi in line with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
• Discuss the communicative approach to language teaching in comparison to other research including Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
• Incorporate methodologies to support Special Educational Needs (SEN) in the modern languages classroom
• Use 1:1 devices in ML to enhance teaching and learning
• Raise the profile of ML in the given school context and draw on relevant cross-curricular connections to further enhance teaching and learning