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3 Inner-city school 11-18 1200 pupils Deprived area High dependency on teachers Lack of confidence-previous research New academy New Principal New targets New ethos

4 Head MFL and T + L consultant Need to raise standards across the department New GCSE needs independent learners Want to empower other members of staff Want to empower pupils to be owners of their learning Want to improve the consistency of good teaching and learning across World Languages Faculty

5 GCSE class of 9 Mixed ability-very high ability to low ability Dedicated but talkative class Good speaking skills Good writing skills Average listening and reading skills Often too reliant on me to help them

6 Qualitative data-interpretevist paradigm Thomas (2009) the key to interpretevism is understanding and being interested in people, ‘...the way they interrelate-what they think and how they form ideas about the world; how their worlds are constructed.’ (P.75) Gary Thomas. How to do your Research Project. Sage publications. 2009

7 Pupil interviews An observation being performed on my lesson My reflections on their approach to work and change in attitudes etc Pupil questionnaires Look at final GCSE results-predicted grades are very high.

8 Ensuring questionnaires are not leading Ensuring my reflections are not biased Anonymising Ensuring methods not having detrimental effect on the pupils

9 Stopped giving them answers!! Rearrange seating plan so that a G + T is sat among lower ability Made them ask each other Incorporated more spontaneous speech into lessons More Target Language and more effective More independent resources such as making resources accessible via the VLE

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15 Encouraging them to reflect and analyse learning processes More peer-assessment-creating their own criteria

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17 Pienso que... Creo que... En mi opinión... A mi modo de ver... Encuentro que... Según... A mi… la corrida es un deporte muy cruel el matador es una persona horrible todos que apoyan el deporte son matadores la corrida hay que parar! no pasa nada; los toros mueren de todos modos me da igual; es parte de la cultura española (No) estoy de acuerdo con la corrida porque También Además Sin embargo Por lo tanto Dicho de otra manera Aunque Me da asco No puedo soportarlo Es horroroso No está mal Me da igual Es lo peor Repugnante Espantoso/a Asqueroso/a Sanguinario/a Tirano/a Normal Horrible No es un deporte, es un circo tan cruel Es un espectáculo divertido Es inhumo No puedo creer que esté permitido Sería prohibido

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20 Pupils choose 10 key words for exams out of textbook and available resources Then have to teach these words to another pupil Reflect on what made these words key Discuss ways of learning.e.g repeating, testing each other etc Find a topic not confident in-share with the group They then write a quiz for each other bases on their weak topic Complete the quiz What was the LO-all mentioned independent learning-some wrote learning tasks-we discussed this-all came up with a joint LO LO-Can I understand how to learn and help my partner to learn using independent learning skills?

21 Comments made Choose 10 important words for exams Reflect on what they’ve already done...this makes them responsible Strategies enable independent learning ‘ It’s immediately apparent how self-sufficient this (able) group is; i.e. Few questions at this stage’ Christopher

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24 Doing things by yourself Learn or study yourself Learning independently Learning on Your own Without help Learning by yourself/ Teaching yourself Learning by yourself Targeting your weaknesses and working on them Relying on yourself & not on teachers When you learn on your own

25 I’m all right at it Good-I work well alone Both Good-if it’s quiet you can concentrate more Bad-I find it hard to concentrate at home Both-sometimes I find it hard to concentrate I don’t know. There’s a fine line between confidence & cockiness! Good-I know what I don’t understand and help myself Bad-sometimes I need help

26 Homework Learn or study yourself Working on the computer Learning new Vocab independently We have to work out answers independently Assessments Teaching the class Textbooks to help us work independently Making scripts

27 Yes-it helps you to be braver and stronger Yes-If you don’t understand from the teacher, you can learn for yourself Yes-it makes you self-reliant Yes-makes us grow rather than ask for help Yes-you learn more by yourself Yes-you know what your strengths and weaknesses are Yes-you have a chance to see what our weaknesses are alone No No-if you’re stuck you need to ask someone

28 No-you’re too busy concentrating and no-one to accompany you No-more fun to discuss No-you can’t mess around No-because you’re concentrating, not enjoying No-you’re concentrating-not enjoying it No-when I do things on my own I feel panicked because it makes me feel I have made a mistake and doing it all wrong A bit but it isn’t as fun as working as a class It makes you feel you’ve worked hard Yes-learning alone is fun

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31 Definitions are well-informed Needs more work for pupils to feel as though they’re good at it-still need more confidence Misunderstanding that independent learning means working alone-they need to be taught about what exactly it is Examples are not very adventurous-much more scope for more advanced independent learning such as planning their own lessons Pupils do find it to be important All feel more confident Pupils may not be enjoying but concentration shows engagement!

32 Definitely improves confidence, more research needed to develop all the ideas, inform pupils and make independent learning an in-built part of all teaching at Sidney Stringer Academy

33 Actually had classes teaching each other All classes taking part! Setting G + T pupils off with a separate task, then teaching the others.

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35 L.O. 1¿Puedo identificar algunos errores en algun trabajo escrito? L.O 2¿Puedo usar peer-assessment, self-assessment y trabajar en un grupo para que cometa menos errores en mi trabajo escrito? L.O Extension-¿Puedo escribir en párafo casi perfecto y escribir alguna criteria para el trabajo escrito español?

36 Yonis and Shariar-task L.O Extension-¿Puedo escribir en párafo casi perfecto y escribir alguna criteria para el trabajo escrito español Write a paragraph about Coventry with the following: Use of time markers Connectives Accurate spelling Use of accents Past, present and future if possible And anything else you want to include! Then list the criteria for good written work in Spanish e.g. Use of accents You have 20 minutes-suerte!

37 Coventry es situado en ‘The West Midlands’. (2 errores) Hay no mucho ruido. (1 error) Me encanto Coventry, es fantástico. (2 errores) Mi ciudad que llama Coventry es aburrido. (2 errores) Ext- En un aburrido ciudad. (?) Ext 2- Preferiría vivir en Sevilla porque es diversión. (?) Round 1-knowledge

38 Round 2-Application 1)Coventry is in the West Midlands 2)There are lots of shops in Coventry 3)It is a very boring city 4)I like Coventry because I have friends here Ext-My city is called Coventry and it is the best place to live in the world Ext 2-My city is the most boring city in the world.

39 Application-Answers 1)Coventry is in the West Midlands-Coventry está situada en The West Midlands. 2)There are lots of shops in Coventry-Hay muchas tiendas en Coventry. 3)It is a very boring city-Es una ciudad aburrida. 4)I like Coventry because I have friends here-Me gusta Coventry porque tengo amigos aquí. Ext-My city is called Coventry and it is the best place to live in the world-Mi ciudad se llama Coventry y es el mejor lugar para vivir en el mundo. Ext 2-My city is the most boring city in the world-Mi ciudad es la ciudad la más aburrida en el mundo.

40 Mini plenary Can you remember any errors that you’ve found yet? Are there any mistakes that you’re less likely to make yet? As you see it, are there any advantages at looking at each others’ work? If so, name them. Does working in a group help in any way? If so, why and how? If not, why and how?

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42 Evaluation Now peer-assess each others’ sentences from last lesson-evaluate with two stars and a wish Can you now correct your own work? Have you noticed any mistakes?

43 Plenary Note down in bullet points what you have learned today. Then share your thoughts with a partner, and the class if time.

44 Video of a pupil delivering part of a lesson

45 Video of a pupils who had learned independently

46 Overall comments T + L from a different angle Has an impact on all classes Now impacted on the department Needs to be whole-school Changed the way I teach FOREVER!