Beth Muten

French and Spanish teacher & HOY, sharing ideas/resources to inspire you and your students to feel confident and successful with minimal prep 💜

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

Reading education blogs changed my practice, so I always want to try take the opportunity to share the love.

Here are a few free blogs I've read recently that I thought were super, please share if you can!

I work at a school that doesn't have merit points or rewards or anything like that, so this piece by @msrebeccabirch on intrinsic motivation really appealed to me: https://t.co/gEMMUmpfla

We are in the midst of an SEND crisis, and part of the problem is outlined by @head_teach: that some schools have astonishingly higher numbers of students with SEND than others: https://t.co/WgKKA9qLF6

@joel120193 is smashing out hit after hit on his blog, and this piece on the sheer amount of things teachers have to do resonated: https://t.co/mLZJbExzxy

@mpershan wrote a typically scholarly, wide-ranging and sophisticated piece on implicit vs explicit learning, the memorisation of maths facts and much more. https://t.co/wzdja56EhE

Next up are two posts on AI:

@alex_crossman has written an excellent piece on the risks of AI to education. Our job is to get students' thinking hard, and AI's job is to get people thinking less hard. These aren't compatible, and we need to pull the brakes hard. https://t.co/KlbPPvalW6

Whilst not strictly about education, Gary Marcus's entry here about the security risks of OpenClaw and other weird things is vital if we are to take internet and AI security seriously. https://t.co/qSHAIfEQEO

Of course, I've been blogging too, and you can check out my entries here: https://t.co/ybu2w6TiD9

As stated at the outset, please share if you can!

[Michael Chiles 🌍 @m_chiles]

***TEACHER HACKS***

The first book in the Teacher Hacks series in print! 🤩

Well done to @SisaSilvia4 and @SineadMoxham 👏

Retweet to enter for a free copy 🎁

I’ll select a winner on Friday 😊

Teacher Hacks English coming soon! 👀
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[everydaymfl @everydaymfl]

5 MFL Games I have been playing this week https://t.co/HATJMbfRx7
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[Miss Meunier @MissMMeunier]

S1 playing Guess Who in Spanish 🇪🇸 (inspired by @beth_lingual merci ☺️ )

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

Reading education blogs changed my life, so I want to do everything I can to share and amplify recent blogs. Here's a list of some I've really enjoyed, and I'll try and get some suggestions of quality free blogs out regularly.

Please do share and subscribe if you can - writing blogs is an intensive process and authors need encouragement or they will stop!

Claire Stoneman's characteristically beautifully written piece about the small blessings that make teaching worth it: https://t.co/JFwINfjatP

Teach Like a Champion team with some useful tips for observing lessons: https://t.co/WRCzxLF2W5

Lee Donaghy on how the most inclusive way to teach is to be clean, clear and explicit at all points: https://t.co/QgXpQw51Qy

Adam Robbins with a nifty tweak to the way you challenge poor behaviour: https://t.co/Be9gDtlky3

Shaun Allison with a slew of useful strategies for effective lesson management: https://t.co/PJRtiSSjTw

Lee Wheeler speaking my language in arguing that schools don't focus enough on retrieval practice and long term learning: https://t.co/PZRcAY4MOU

I'm posting another blog soon, and you can check out and subscribe to my account here: https://t.co/lxaU5YsSEF

Thank you to @stoneman_claire @Doug_Lemov Lee, @MrARobbins @shaun_allison Lee W (is he on X?) for writing!

[Beth Muten @beth_lingual]

@madamelanguages Great, hope you find it interesting! Conti also has some diagrams on his blog/social media about the sub-skills needed for each skill which are quite helpful - as long as you are giving time to practice each stage and not skipping them, I think you have some flexibility

[Beth Muten @beth_lingual]

@madamelanguages I've written some blog posts reflecting on my thoughts on this: https://t.co/9VPWFolozB and speaking focussed: https://t.co/51CRBYnes6 I'd love to hear what you think!

[Beth Muten @beth_lingual]

@madamelanguages Interesting question! I've not heard of that order before, but I agree that you need to put receptive skills before productive skills, and even within this, you need to consider the skills involved so you can build these up gradually and logically

[National Consortium for Languages Education @ncle_ioe]

For anyone who loves languages, this is a must. The Language Show Live runs next weekend. Full programme of online talks and insights from AI to languages in your career. Register online: https://t.co/bD3LNr9ztT

@LanguageShow

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[Beth Muten @beth_lingual]

Blog post explaining my calculations: https://t.co/nkr9Gli4Qt

French spreadsheet: https://t.co/Twi2VCa0u5

Spanish spreadsheet: https://t.co/LTu8xMOcZ0

[Beth Muten @beth_lingual]

Here's how you can calculate grade boundaries for your (AQA) mocks!

I've created a spreadsheet that will calculate a % for you, plus calculate grades according to 4 helpful methods.

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[Beth Muten @beth_lingual]

You can use your teacher judgement to see the best grades to give, and know that it's based on the best data we have.

This is a huge amount of work that's gone into this spreadsheet, to help you feel as confident as you can be (considering it's a new spec)!

[Beth Muten @beth_lingual]

My Top 10 Speaking Activities! 🔥
https://t.co/oA93LUZSj2

Have a read - hopefully be inspired, or at least reminded of something that works really well ❤️

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[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

The best teachers I've seen don't use a wide range of activities.

They do a few things, and they do them well. They hone them, practise them, and know exactly when each one should be used and why. The students become habituated to them, and learning goes through the roof.

[Beth Muten @beth_lingual]

My planning document is a game changer for speeding up your planning! 🌟

Several effective activity ideas, broken down by skills to help you quickly plan well-sequenced lessons 🔥

Get your free copy: https://t.co/bTLU7MrvMv

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[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

🚨BEHAVIOUR WEBINAR IS BACK🚨

Over 100 people came last year, and left with a series of concrete + actionable strategies that make a difference in REAL classrooms

This year, it'll be even better as we have lesson footage!

Please share if you can 🙏🙏

https://t.co/2mFFchCP0X

[Beth Muten @beth_lingual]

I think phonics is super important - and fun!
Here's how I embed it effectively into the curriculum: https://t.co/e6oHUU1Zki

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[Beth Muten @beth_lingual]

Its been so exciting to get the 2 Minute Speaking Questions Challenge going again for a new school year 🌟

Students can remember and say so much! 💬
https://t.co/P2lXGlZdEc

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[Beth Muten @beth_lingual]

This looks great!

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@MissMJPE

[Connor Acton @connoracton]

Pastoral Care in Schools releases in exactly 1 week!

Repost this and tag someone you think would enjoy the book to be entered into a draw to win a copy on release day!

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