As the end of the academic year draws nearer, many schools are looking ahead to what they need for September.  For those teaching the recently updated MFL syllabus there may still be questions about the various resources available.  The team at Pearson have put together an introduction to their French, Spanish and German resources – all of which may be found in our annual Summer textbook Promotion – and share below some features, webinars and answer a few common questions from teachers…

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Teaching GCSE languages is about much more than simply ‘delivering’ a specification – we aim to connect students with languages and inspire their curiosity beyond the classroom. Our 2024 resources carefully combine grammar progression, vocabulary, phonics, and exam preparation within engaging, topic-driven modules – enabling students to speak and write about the things they care about most.

Pearson’s resources are:

• Comprehensive: Meets new MFL GCSE requirements and adequately prepares students for success in their exams. Thoroughly prepare students for new style exams and gain valuable insight into their strengths and weaknesses as they progress through the course.
• Accessible: Ensure all students progress through well-designed schemes of work that support mastery learning in languages. Make in-class delivery effortless with print and digital content and functionality that enables teaching across the range in mixed-ability settings.
• Student-centred: Offers engaging, relatable ways to study languages, with regular cultural launch points and diverse, inclusive content that makes language learning meaningful and relevant. Motivate students to learn and practice key content independently with fresh, independent learning content ideal for on-the-go learning.

• Higher and Foundation Student Books that track similar topics and content to support mixed-ability teaching.
• Built on a structured grammar and vocabulary progression, with systematic recycling of structures and key vocabulary from the specification.

• Inspiring new approaches to language learning, with cultural launch points to open modules and diverse, inclusive material throughout the course.
• Fresh, integrated approach to teaching grammar designed to help students overcome the challenge of applying grammar in context.

• Targeted support for new elements of the specification, including transactional role plays, phonics, dictation, and read aloud.
• Comprehensive support for preparing students for the new exams, with exam practice at the end of each module and a dedicated revision module at the end of the course.

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Pearson have put together a series of webinars that introduce and discuss the pedagogy, the resources, and how to get the most from them – including the ActiveHub element which is the digital service that sits alongside the physical books.  You can watch these here.