We have been busy building on our work in reading, and putting the pdcinmfl Principle 5 to the test! So, if you:
- are interested in the teaching of reading to beginner learners in MFL
- would like to get some new ideas and innovative resources for teaching reading strategies and phonics in French
- would like to find out more about the latest research findings in this area
– then read on!
We have recently completed our ‘FLEUR’ reading research project. This investigated different ways of teaching reading to beginner learners of French in Year 7. Our project, a ‘Randomized Control Trial’ funded by the Nuffield Foundation, compared the effects of (a) explicit strategy instruction, (b) explicit phonics instruction and (b) the use of challenging texts on students’ reading comprehension (and a range of other outcomes).
We are holding a half-day conference to share our findings and think about their implications for the classroom. This will be held on 3rd July 2018 at Oxford University Department of Education, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY, from 1:30pm till 4:30pm. The conference is completely free of charge.
Our project focussed on Year 7, but we anticipate that the findings will also be relevant to colleagues teaching foreign language reading throughout KS3 as well as in primary schools.
If you would like to attend, please send a reply to french.reading@ox.ac.uk We will then register you for a place and send you further information and joining instructions.
Thanks and best wishes from
Robert Woore, Suzanne Graham, Alison Porter, Louise Courtney and Clare Savory
The FLEUR project team.
The Nuffield Foundation is an endowed charitable trust that aims to improve social well-being in the widest sense. It funds research and innovation in education and social policy and also works to build capacity in education, science and social science research. More information is available at www.nuffieldfoundation.org.