York University's Department of Education has ranked 5th in the Research Excellence Framework 2021, according to Times Higher Education, with the department's research impact rated to the highest degree.
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19 March 2022 Prof. Emma Marsden, NCELP Director, presented the following session at Language World in Sheffield – 19 March 2022 Fairer Foreign Languages?: Assessment, analytic ability, and access to achievement Marsden, E. (2022) Fair assessments support equal access to achievement. We illustrate how defining language content may promote greater ‘achievability’. Analyses of examinations show…
Read More9 March 2022 Prof. Emma Marsden, NCELP Director, presented the following Keynote Address: ‘Defining the Language Content for Assessment and its effects on Curriculum Design’ at the Institute of Government and Public Policy on 9th March 2022 Defining and Assessing the Language Content: Effects on Curriculum DesignIdentifying the language that can be included in assessments…
Read More9 February 2022 Prof. Emma Marsden, NCELP Director, presented the following session at The Delivering Excellence in Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in Schools Conference – 9 February 2022 Defining and Assessing the Language Content: Effects on Curriculum Design Identifying the language that can be included in assessments (such as the GCSE) may seem to some…
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Find out how an NCELP Scheme of Work is developed with Nicholas Avery, Spanish Resource Developer.
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We interviewed Jenny Hopper, NCELP Course Leader, and Head of MFL at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School.
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From my initial encounter with the work of NCELP in October 2019, I felt this approach addressed a number of issues facing so many MFL teachers I knew and worked with, including myself. A lack of definition in the content of the curriculum and the resulting episodic learning was leading, time and time again, to inconsistent outcomes, disillusionment and demoralisation...
Read MoreNCELP is hosting its first regional event for MFL teachers based in Yorkshire.
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