📚✨ It’s finally happening! ✨📚

On 12 February, our new book Succeeding as an MFL Teacher will be released,co-authored with @MissWozniak and published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
🎉Bonus: there’s currently a 35% pre-release discount available! #mflsky #edusky

Language teachers: Stop settling for "70% class average." It tells you nothing. 📉

On LanguageGems, we’ve built analytics that actually help you teach. Instead of vague percentages, you see the exact words students are tripping over.

Less guessing, more teaching. #EduSky #MFL #MFLsky #MFLtwitterati

When your publisher sends you an author's copy 😊 #mflsky #edusky #languages

Le Poisson Steve crocheted by one of my lovely Y11s for me. Love it! #mflsky

Oracy in the Languages Classroom: Why Speaking Is So Much More Than Talking When we talk about language learning, “speaking” often feels like the ultimate goal. It’s what learners and parents usually see as success: Can you have a conversation? Can you speak the language? But...

📢NEW Post📢 Oracy in MFL. Oracy is our whole academy focus, here are some subject specific ideas we use in our department to support our students. #mflsky #edusky
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There is now a 🔓 1-page summary of our @berj-2025.bsky.social paper on co-creating #linguistics materials with teachers on the OASIS database 👉 www.oasis-database.org/details/mctu... #langsky #mflsky #edusky

Is there a Spanish equivalent to 1jour1actu? #mflsky

Making Input Count: The Power of Comprehensible Input in Language Teaching This academic year has been an incredibly full and rewarding one for me, filled with opportunities to speak at conferences locally, nationally and internationally; to work with and deliver CPD across ...

For my final blog post of the year, I’m focusing on a theme that’s come up again & again in my conversations with colleagues:comprehensible input in MFL teaching.
I’ve shared my thoughts & what this approach might mean for our learners moving forward. #mflsky
www.fraubastowmfl.co.uk/post/making-...

🗣️ In LANGUAGE & CULTURE 4 celebrated researchers examine the global proliferation of sign languages to different forms of Chinese & their cultural implications to language as a concrete expression of identity.

#language #edusky #langsky #mflsky #linguistics

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Evidence for the cognitive advantages of #bilingualism may be inconclusive, but it’s still a superpower! #edusky #langsky #mflsky #linguistics

It was a pleasure to attend the Sommerfest der deutschen Sprache today, hosted by the German Ambassador at his Residence in London. Lovely to catch up with my GEM colleagues. #mflsky

Don’t let anyone tell you that naming a language isn’t a political act #edusky #langsky #linguistics #mflsky www.lejdd.fr/politique/el...

Love my present from a Y11 on their last day #mflsky

Looking forward to this event. I will be talking about 'Developing spontaneity and fluency in speaking'. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched... #mflsky

MFL Teacher Time-Saver Bundle | Teaching Resources Looking to save time while planning and resourcing your lessons? The MFL Teacher Time-Saver Bundle is here to help! This bundle includes three powerful tools designe

Teacher Time-Savers – 3 tools in 1!

✔️ Cloze Generator
✔️ Jumbled Sentences
✔️ Vocab Test Maker

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#MFLChat #MFLTwitterati #MFLteachers #EdTech #MFLSky #TeacherTools #ESLResources

Who's interested in reviving and moving #MFLChat to Bluesky? Any suggestions for topics to discuss? #MFLTwitterati #MFLChat #MFLSky

What I Learned from Paul Nation’s Webinar on Word Frequency and Vocabulary Learning When we talk about teaching languages, it’s easy to get caught up in the grammar structures, the tenses, or the ever-growing pressure of exam specifications. But again and again, I find myself coming ...

🧠Not all words are created equal.
After hearing Paul Nation speak, I’ve been rethinking how we teach vocabulary and why frequency has to shape what we do.
✨Key takeaways, ideas & why fewer words (taught better) might be the way forward 👉 #mflsky

Great day @goetheinstitut.bsky.social Making The Case For German, networking, collaborating and planing. #ShoutOutForGerman #mflsky

German is my super power! #ShoutOutForGerman @goetheinstitut.bsky.social @britgerassoc.bsky.social @britishcouncil.bsky.social #GEMs #mflsky

Just returned from the 2 day #LW25 conference & still buzzing.Loved presenting, learning & catching up with people. @all4languages.bsky.social @botonessalgado.bsky.social @cristahazell.bsky.social Looking forward to the next one. Best subject specific CPD! So much wisdom & free sharing #mflsky

Making the Case for MFL in U.K. Education: Saving Languages Languages open doors - whether it’s making new friends, traveling the world, or landing a dream job. But despite all the benefits, Modern Foreign Languages in the U.K. are struggling. Fewer students a...

New post🖋on making the case for Languages with your SLT if there is the danger of a language being dropped from the curriculum. #mflsky #edusky www.fraubastowmfl.co.uk/post/making-...

📢Exciting News📢: Teacher Hacks MFL pre-orders available now from Amazon: lnkd.in/eSPxypVG
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🇪🇸 Have already re-written our Year 7 scheme of work this morning. Favourite bit of the job is writing curriculum and assessments, I can sometimes always manage to put jobs like this right to the top of the to-do list.

#mfltwitterati #mflsky #edusky #eduskymfl #mfledusky

Happening today at 4pm on TTR - Podbean. Tune in. #mflsky

Happening today at 4pm on TTR Podbean #mflsky. Tune in.

Making Learning Walks Count: Strategies for Lesson Drop-Ins, Learning Walks and Observations Being able to step into someone else’s classroom and see them teach is such a privilege. I always remind myself of this because teaching is personal and having someone observe you can be nerve-wrackin...

🖋NEW POST🖋 on learning walks, lesson drop ins and instructional coaching approach to feedback. #mflsky
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Do any of the #mfltwitterati know if the University of Southampton still offer outreach trips for MFL students? I can't find up to date contact details... #edusky #mfl #mflsky #mfledu

Excited to be attending and speaking at Language World Conference on March 15th. Still time to register www.language-world.co.uk. Check out the programme for lots of amazing speakers #mflsky #edutwitter

Making yourself redundant – what I have learned about mentoring trainee teachers This blog post was written by Stefanie Green.About the author of the post:Stefanie has been a teacher of German, Spanish and French for the past 20 years. She is Head of German at Farlingaye High Scho...

🖋New Guest Post🖋 from my colleague and fellow GEM on mentoring and SCITT. Have a read - some great reflections from a mentor #mentoring #mflsky #edusky #teacherretention
www.fraubastowmfl.co.uk/post/making-...

Improving GCSE Performance Post-Mocks: A Targeted Approach for Year 11 Mock exams are a key moment for Year 11 students, giving us a clear picture of how they are doing and where they need to improve. For languages, with their mix of skills and exam tasks, these results can be especially revealing. In this blog, I will look at how I use the feedback from mocks to help my students make real progress. I will break it down into understanding the issues, analysing the results, putting together a solid plan and using strategies that have proven to work in my practice.Un

🖊️NEW POST🖊️Improving GCSE Performance Post-Mocks: A targeted approach for year 11. Hope, it's useful. #mflsky #edusky
www.fraubastowmfl.co.uk/post/improvi...

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