Institution: Waingels College
Case study
Introduction
'I was a bit
cynical about 100% target language but now I’m not. You get
a huge amount of satisfaction…I was corrected by a student
in German! It will help them with high frequency words,
little incidental things, verbs, they can explain themselves in
German. My Year 7 teaching has improved hugely: 100% more effective
than last year.' Teacher recently trained to
deliver 100% target language teaching
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Associated video clips
Teachers: Katie Lee and Lisa
Verhoog
The video clips below feature Katie Lee and Lisa
Verhoog who are describing the benefits of teachers and students
using the target language 100% of the time in lessons. The
interviews are interspersed with clips from the lessons at Waingels
to illustrate the points being made.
How have you introduced 100% target language use in
lessons?
Hear about how teachers and students speak the target
language 100% of the time from the earliest language lessons.
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How do you encourage students to give extended answers in the
target language?
Hear how students are taught to expect to justify
their answers and see a lesson clip showing this principle in
action.
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How do you encourage students to give extended answers
in the target language?
Hear more information about how students gradually
build up more lengthy target language answers.
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How do you approach the teaching of grammar using the target
language?
Hear Katie explain how the students are equipped to
discuss grammatical principles in the target language.
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How do you use humour to encourage target language
use?
Hear Lisa explain how she uses humour in her lessons
to build up a good working atmosphere which is conducive to target
language use.
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What reward system is used to encourage target language
use?
Hear about the rewards which are used.
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How do you insist on 100% target language
use?
Hear the teachers explain how they insist on 100%
pupil use of the target language.
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What about the use of games?
Hear why games are a good strategy to use to
encourage target language use and how challenge is all-important in
games.
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