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An intermediate reading task: a holiday in the Charente Maritime

December 11, 2018

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I did my first degree in French and Linguistics at Reading University and my MA in second language acquisition at the Institute of Education, London. I taught at Tiffin School, Hampton School, then was Head of Modern Languages at Ripon Grammar School in Yorkshire for 24 years. I now write resources for frenchteacher.net, train PGCE students at Buckingham University, present at occasional events, blog and work for the AQA exam board training and writing teacher support resources.

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The Language Teacher Toolkit (2016), a handbook for teachers, co-authored with Gianfranco Conti

Becoming an Outstanding Languages Teacher (Routledge, 2017).

Breaking the Sound Barrier: Teaching Listening Skills (forthcoming, 2019)

'A reflection on modern languages pedagogy and how teachers might engage with research.' Impact (Journal of the Chartered College of teaching), 4, Autumn 2018

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