MAXIMISING POTENTIAL
Supplementary support for the LTS programme

core units 1 & 2

 

Links to other support pages on this site:

Max: main page

units 3 & 4

units 5 & 6
 


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Maximising Potential

MFLE

MFL & Inclusion
 

PLANNING COLLABORATION...?

This page is intended for those working on the first two units of the MFLE Maximising Potential programme and who wish to explore certain issues further.

You will find:

  • Suggestions for further reading
  • Links to related websites
  • Archive material from earlier projects which gave rise to the current programme

Room 2, period 6, OK?

If you have not already done so, you may wish to explore other pages on this site where you will find more material on the twin subjects of Modern Foreign Languages and Inclusion. Go to homepage

If you are searching for specific material which is not included here, contact me, Hilary McColl, at h.mccoll@clara.co.uk and I will do my best to find what you are looking for.

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EXTENDED RATIONALE FOR UNITS 1 & 2:

Taking account of the needs of individual learners

UNIT 1: WHY AREN'T THEY LEARNING?

If you found the 'barriers to learning' metaphor helpful, perhaps your pupils would too. You will find similar PowerPoint sequences for use with pupils under Unit 5: Independent learrning.

UNIT 2: RESPONDING TO INDIVIDUAL LEARNING NEEDS

Further reading

Read more about common barriers to learning and some suggestions for reducing them:

Read more on curricular barriers

Two more sample grids: one on strategies to use with pupils on the autism spectrum; the other for those who are deaf.

Reference grid - autism
Reference grid - deafness

Archive material

Some sample planning grids developed by schools working on earlier projects.

School A: S1/2 with poor English skills
School B: S2 bottom set
School C: S1 mixed ability
School E: single S4 pupil
School H: S4 group of poor readers

Further uses for planning grids: Ideas suggested by teachers involved in previous projects.

Using grids to support learning (pdf)

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This page updated: 17.1.08