The document provides information on effective networking strategies to ease the transition from KS2 to KS3 for foreign language teaching in Oldham, UK. It discusses forming local networks through face-to-face meetings, email groups, and online platforms like Ning and Twitter. Practical strategies developed within Oldham to aid transition include questionnaires, joint teacher sessions, and sharing teaching resources between primary and secondary schools. The document also outlines key areas and strategies from the renewed KS3 framework for languages.

1. Effective Networking for Transition: Meet, Create and Share Isabelle Jones, The Radclyffe School, Oldham [email_address] http://isabellejones.blogspot.com

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8. Online Groups Grou.ps : Free alternative to NING Oldham SLN http://grou.ps/oldhamlanguages/ Yahoo Groups MFL Resources yahoo group http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/mflresources/

9. Online Groups

11. Social Bookmarking: Diigo

12. Social Bookmarking: Diigo

14. Micro-Blogging: Twitter

15. Micro-Blogging: Twitter

19. Oracy Literacy Intercultural Understanding Knowledge about Language Language Learning Strategies Listening & Speaking Reading & Writing Intercultural Understanding Knowledge about Language Language Learning Strategies KS2 Framework KS3 revised Framework Thanks to K Scappaticci

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25. Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Le Rap: Activity J’ai un chat, Hannibal. Tu as un animal? Elle a un chien. Nous avons un lapin. Vous avez des lions? Elles ont deux serpents longs Et des poissons.

26. Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Use Puppets for TALK Provide simple structures: Pick and Mix Improve outcome: NUDEPIGS

27. Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Toy Telephones

28. Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Motivate and Record Talk http://www.easi-speak.org.uk/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ http://www.voki.com Ppt recording function

30. Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Key Strategies for Reading and Writing Reading/ Writing Stories & Story-Telling http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com/French+Storybirds http://www.screenpresso.com/

31. Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Key Strategies for Reading and Writing Adapting and Building Text Rouge comme ... une pomme Bleu comme... le ciel Jaune comme ... le soleil Vert comme... les arbres Now change the words for nouns describing how you feel when you look at these colours

32. Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Intercultural Understanding Identifying features

33. Renewed KS3 Framework for Languages: Intercultural Understanding Finding Resources http://www.flickr.com/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/imagestoteachlanguages/ http://www.youtube.com / http://www.kickyoutube.com http://www.google.fr http://www.google.es

34. KS2/ KS3 Framework Take their Language Skills OUT of the classroom Bring the Language & Culture INTO the classroom FLAs, In-house visits, TV, Radio through the Internet Music, food, fashion, design. New Technologies Celebrations Traditions and History Current Affairs E-Mails, Letters, Video-conferencing, closed NING (online groups), Exchanges, Trips abroad, Visits, KS2/KS3 Links...

36. Effective Networking for Transition: Meet, Create and Share Isabelle Jones, The Radclyffe School, Oldham [email_address] http://isabellejones.blogspot.com