The FTA attended the launch of the Foreign Languages Strategy by Minister Bruton in Dublin on Monday Dec. 4th 2017.
For details on “Languages Connect, Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages on Education” and the Implementation Plan, go to education.ie
The ICT in the Post Primary MFL Classroom online course from PDST Technology in Education is available for self-enrolment via TeacherCPD.ie. This e-tutor supported five hour course provides an overview of a range of technologies and how they can be used to support post primary teaching, learning and assessment of modern foreign languages. Developed by PDST Technology in Education in collaboration with the Post Primary Languages Initiative (PPLI). The course starts on January 30th, 2017.
To self-enrol, teachers use their Scoilnet account (get your account here). With that Scoilnet account username and password, login to TeacherCPD.ie and go to the link for PDST Technology in Education courses….ENROL HERE. (You will find enrolment FAQs and a video guide on TeacherCPD.ie if experiencing difficulty.) Places are limited. Enrolment closes once all places are taken.
PDST Technology in Education
INVENT, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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Elle s’est déroulée le vendredi 30 et samedi 31 octobre à Copenhague.
18 personnes étaient présentes et les pays représentés: la France, l’Espagne, l’Allemagne, la Turquie, la Norvège, la Belgique, les Pays Bas, le Danemark, l’Autriche, l’Islande, la Grèce, Le Royaume Uni et bien sur l’Irlande.
Les thèmes abordés: la situation du français dans les pays impliqués, le congrès de Liège de 2016, le livre blanc, les différents concours.
Comme annoncé samedi 3 octobre lors de la Conférence Nationale de la FTA les inscriptions pour la 4e session de formation organisée par le Service Culturel de l’Ambassade de France sont ouvertes.
Toutes les infos ici.
In the interests of supporting continuing professional development for post-primary teachers of French, the Department of Education and Skills and the Cultural Service of the French Embassy have over the years offered a number of scholarships each year to attend an in-service course in France. The in-service courses offered have enabled teachers to up-skill themselves both linguistically and pedagogically in addition to affording them opportunities to engage with other Irish teachers of French.
This year we have introduced some changes to our initiative for the purpose of affording professional development opportunities to teachers who are unable to travel to France, but who wish to upskill linguistically and pedagogically. We are offering 15 scholarships for in-service training in France and 10 scholarships for in-service training in Ireland.
In-service training in France will take place in
– CAVILAM-Alliance-Française, Vichy, France
From 6th to 17th July or from 3rd to 14th August 2015
In-service training in Dublin:
– Alliance française de Dublin, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
From 29th June 2015 to Thursday 2nd July 2015 (4 days of training – 5hrs per day)
In order to maximise the benefits of a limited resource through the subsequent delivery of the French curriculum by the teacher in the classroom and the dissemination of best practice with subject colleagues, the criteria for selection are in the following order:
| The applicant has a primary degree in French and is fully registered with the Teaching Council. |
| The applicant has a permanent whole-time position or a contract of indefinite duration (CID) for eighteen hours or more in his/her school or is on secondment from such a position. |
| The teacher has been teaching for a minimum of four years. |
| The applicant in a temporary whole-time or regular part-time position has a definite contract of employment for the following year. (Applicants in temporary whole-time or regular part-time positions who do not have a definite contract of employment at the time of application can also apply and be considered once they inform the committee that such a contract has been issued. In the event of the selection already been completed they can be considered for the waiting list). |
| A significant proportion of the applicant’s timetable is devoted to the teaching of French. |
| The applicant for a course in France has not benefited from a scholarship to France in the last four years. |
| The quality of the personal statement. |
To apply, please fill in the application form below and return on or before the Monday 27 April 2015
Christopher Pingeon
Cultural Service
French Embassy
66 Fitzwilliam lane,
Dublin 2
To be shared by the Department of Education and Skills and the French Embassy:
To be paid by the teacher:
To be shared by the Department of Education and Skills and the French Embassy:
You can download the application form by clicking on this link
Chers collégues,
L‘Alliance Française de Dublin organise sa 3e session intensive de formation á destination des enseignants de langue.
Cette année, la formation portera sur Adapter une démarche communic-actionnelle en classe de français (ci-joint (PDF) le programme indicatif).
Pour votre information, l‘Alliance accepte la prise en charge (totale ou partielle) par votre établissement. Contactez-nous pour plus d‘informations quant á la démarche.
La formation se déroulera en français.
Cordialement,
Mickael Lenglet
Pedagogical Adviser
Direct line: (+353) 1 638 14 49
mlenglet@nullalliance-francaise.ie
www.alliance-francaise.ie
Alliance Française in Dublin, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Each year, IFI Education, in collaboration with the Cultural Service of the French Embassy, selects a French film, programmes screenings for second-level students in IFI and venues around the country and creates an accompanying study guide. So far this school year, 1,338 students have watched Intouchables at IFI and a further 2,629 attended regional screenings.
This year we want you to tell us how you use our study guides, which activities you would like to see more or less off and suggest ways we can develop these guides.
Your feedback as language teachers is really important to help us continue with this project.
You can complete our short survey and download the Intouchables study guide online at www.ifi.ie/studyguides.
For more information about IFI Education’s French Film Project and our French screenings for schools contact Elaine Mac Ginty on (01) 6795744 or email
FTA branches around the country will be meeting this week to review the Junior and Leaving Certificate papers. Branches make their own arrangements to meet, whether on Wednesday or Thursday. There’ll be a National Executive meeting in Dublin on Friday to collate the feedback and prepare a composite report which will be sent to the SEC for consideration at the marking conference.
En tant que professeur de Français au nord de l’Espagne (région de St-Jacques de Compostelle), je prépare un dossier de candidature pour un projet de Partenariat Scolaire dans le cadre du Programme Comenius. Je m’adresse à la FTA afin de trouver un contact en Irlande.
Je vous serais très reconnaissante de me mettre en contact avec un ou une collègue dynamique. Depuis l’année scolaire dernière, j’organise un petit “Club de lecture” avec les élèves de mon collège-lycée et on fait des petites activités amusantes et on apprend, c’est une façon de réunir les jeunes autour de la lecture sans pour autant les ennuyer.
Mon idée serait de créer un “Euro-club de Lecture” dont les membres seraient des étudiants de différents pays âgés de 11-12 à 16-17 ans. On travaillera donc la littérature des différentes régions participantes. Les TICES auront un rôle très important.
Pour l’instant, les pays participants seront la France, l’Italie et le Portugal. Il ne s’agit pas exactement d’un projet sur la langue française mais, bien entendu, ce sera la langue de communication. C’est aussi une façon de faire vivre ensemble toutes nos langues et la Littérature! Vous n’êtes pas sans savoir que les délais nous obligent à faire les choses très vite.
Très cordialement, Sandra Rodríguez
Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez vous adresser à Claire Rouquette à l’Ambassade de France en Irlande.
