The Planning and Teaching of Primary Languages

This chapter will consider:

the KS2 Framework for Languages – implications for planning and the framework in practice;

oracy – speaking and listening;

literacy – reading and writing;

language learning strategies – key issues and understanding for non-specialists;

knowledge about language;

the importance of linking literacy to primary language learning;

QCDA guidelines – past and present;

plenaries (rounding off/summarisation at the end of lessons).