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Steve Smith
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French teacher 33 years, now writing materials frenchteacher.net, blogs and books about language teaching.
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · Sep 2
Do take a look. There us a LOT of material in my new book. Thanks to those who have bought a copy. amzn.eu/d/bFDHCqT
Thinking about Language Teaching Volume 1: Amazon.co.uk: Smith, Steve: 9798296131423: Books
Buy Thinking about Language Teaching Volume 1 by Smith, Steve (ISBN: 9798296131423) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 1d
New post. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/10/what...
What does decolonising the MFL curriculum mean?
In my previous blog post about curriculum reform in England, I referenced the idea of decolonising the curriculum. Like me, you've probably ...
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 21h
Do take a look. There us a LOT of material in my new book. Thanks to those who have bought a copy. amzn.eu/d/bFDHCqT
Thinking about Language Teaching Volume 1: Amazon.co.uk: Smith, Steve: 9798296131423: Books
Buy Thinking about Language Teaching Volume 1 by Smith, Steve (ISBN: 9798296131423) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 1d
🔍 What’s it like to get inspected under Ofsted’s new system? One headteacher shares his insights after participating in a test inspection
New Ofsted inspections: 5 insights from our school’s test visit
A head who had a two-day pilot inspection under Ofsted’s new framework shares what he learned – and why it was a positive experience
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 1d
The situation would be helped if political tribes were willing to compromise. They seem incapable of doing so. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
France's political upheaval isn't temporary - it's a profound constitutional crisis | Pierre Purseigle
The old prime minister is back with a new team, but it can’t last: a democracy can’t have a president with the powers of a king, says French historian Pierre Purseigle
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 1d
Recent post. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/10/lang...
Languages Curriculum review issues in England
The DfE in England has been conducting a general review of the curriculum, including assessment, and published an interim report in March 20...
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 1d
New post. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/10/what...
What does decolonising the MFL curriculum mean?
In my previous blog post about curriculum reform in England, I referenced the idea of decolonising the curriculum. Like me, you've probably ...
frenchteachernet.blogspot.com
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 2d
Here is the FB page I run with Gianfranco Conti. Regularly updated with new posts. www.facebook.com/thelanguaget...
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 2d
NEW BLOG: I've had a go at evaluating the findings of the recent collection of Language Learning Journal papers on the curriculum review. I've tried to make it clear and simple. Just my personal take. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/10/lang...
Languages Curriculum review issues in England
The DfE in England has been conducting a general review of the curriculum, including assessment, and published an interim report in March 20...
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 2d
From Gianfranco on GILT. www.linkedin.com/posts/gianfr...
Research-based principles underpinning an Input-to-Output sequence. The very same principles underpin EPI's MARSEARS (KS3) and PIRCO (KS4-5) sequences. | Gianfranco Conti,Ph.D
Research-based principles underpinning an Input-to-Output sequence. The very same principles underpin EPI's MARSEARS (KS3) and PIRCO (KS4-5) sequences.
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 2d
Here is the FB page I run with Gianfranco Conti. Regularly updated with new posts. www.facebook.com/thelanguaget...
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 2d
NEW BLOG: I've had a go at evaluating the findings of the recent collection of Language Learning Journal papers on the curriculum review. I've tried to make it clear and simple. Just my personal take. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/10/lang...
Languages Curriculum review issues in England
The DfE in England has been conducting a general review of the curriculum, including assessment, and published an interim report in March 20...
frenchteachernet.blogspot.com
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 2d
From the archive. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/05/ques...
Question Time: Reclaiming a Lost Art in Language Teaching?
Introduction Back in the day, I was trained to teach French using the British Oral Approach, which was a well established, strongly orally-b...
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 3d
Why teaching lexical chunks is more efficient than teaching single words.
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 3d
Why teaching lexical chunks is more efficient than teaching single words.
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 3d
From my blog archive. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/08/wilh...
Wilhelm Viëtor and his legacy
The Reform Movement which began in the last two decades of the 19th century was the start of a huge change in the way languages would be tau...
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 3d
Gordon Brown in The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown
From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown
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Joe Dale @joedale.bsky.social · 5d
Here is the recording of this week's NCLE webinar launching LEO, the free CPD platform aimed at language teachers: vimeo.com/1125807182/5...
NCLE Webinar: Language Educator's Online - 8th Oct '25
We are delighted to introduce our new professional learning platform: LEO. Tour our interactive, flexible and engaging professional learning platform in this webinar.…
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 4d
I believe Polanski has called himself an eco-populist.
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 4d
Another excellent post. gianfrancoconti.com/2025/10/10/1...
12 (Nearly) Useless Things Language Teachers Do When Teaching Grammar
Introduction I grew up in an educational culture where grammar was sacred! As an Italian learner — and later teacher — grammar was drilled into us like holy scripture: conjugation tables chanted in…
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 4d
Sharing this from Gianfranco on the GILT Facebook group. Vocabulary versus grammar.
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 4d
The most viewed post on my blog. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2020/11/what...
What is skill acquisition theory?
For this post, I am drawing on a section from the excellent book by Rod Ellis and Natsuko Shintani called Exploring Language Pedagogy throug...
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 4d
Food for thought. gianfrancoconti.com/2025/10/10/1...
12 (Nearly) Useless Things Language Teachers Do When Teaching Grammar
Introduction I grew up in an educational culture where grammar was sacred! As an Italian learner — and later teacher — grammar was drilled into us like holy scripture: conjugation tables chanted in…
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 4d
My latest post. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/10/gcse...
GCSE French exams 2026 - I've got you covered!
Over the last couple of years I've built up a good collection of resources on frenchteacher.net to support teachers and pupils. As well as t...
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 5d
My chat with Will Marks on his podcast The Language Lab. www.iheart.com/podcast/1333...
Steve Smith, EPI and Why Grammar Drill Isn’t the Answer - The Language Lab Podcast | iHeart
<p>Steve Smith — MFL veteran, author, blogger, and founder of <a href='https://www.frenchteacher.net' target='_blank' rel='ugc noopener noreferrer'>FrenchTeacher.net</a> — joins Will Marks for a full-...
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 5d
From the archive. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/07/what...
What it means to ‘know grammar’ and why this is important
Introduction Here’s an issue which crops up when a teacher says something like this to me “But students have to know grammar to speak and wr...
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