Conferences
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Training
The list below is non-exhaustive and work in progress!
These presentations represent my areas of expertise.
You may access them and learn from them, for free, or you may need an experienced speaker to to deliver something similar to your staff or at your event - whether in person or remotely.
Do get in touch if you have any questions or need an experienced speaker.
- How authentic texts can help you cover the programmes of study at KS2 and KS3.
- Schemes of work for use at KS2.
- Using authentic resources at KS2.
- Use of authentic resources and picture books at KS2 and KS3.
- How languages support literacy.
- Switching from one language to another during our lessons and how we manage those transitions.
- Developing teachers' confidence in using some French for classroom language... and getting pupils going too!
- The amazing things you can do with just a handful of books for children!
- Engaging students with authentic stories.
- Speaking and progression using stories.
- How picture books can facilitate language learning - blog.
- The role of L1 in the languages classroom.
- Can we easily teach French pronunciation using only English words?
- Picture books: a tool to develop cultural awareness in the languages classroom.
- Exploiting a picture book.
- Make your stories sparkle.
- Vocabulary learning techniques.
- Progression within phonics and progress with phonics.
- Developing intercultural understanding through picture books.
- Puppets in the language classroom.
- You can teach (nearly) anything with a picture book.
- Female representation in picture books.
- We're in England: should we only speak English?
Listen to those who know…
Nathalie’s boundless energy and enthusiasm charmed all those who attended our online workshops which were aimed at primary school practitioners. Her easy demeanour and practical tips made the topic seem accessible to all who attended. Delegates were full of praise for her very straight forward and step by step delivery. It is wonderful to have Nathalie act as an advocate for primary language learning and to so fervently offer support for the delivery of an international perspective to learning. Translating ideas into easy to follow steps for classroom leaders to adopt is one of Nathalie’s strengths – coupled with her great personality, it makes her an inspiring speaker and one who can help transform classroom learning.
Added by Nathalie: click here for the International Durham website!
Past Events
Puppets in the language classroom
I love puppets!! My favourite are hand/glove puppets, of which I own over 100 (!), but I also love finger puppets (I have about 100 of those too!). I was invited to write this blog and do a presentation (online in the end) by Brian Stobie at International Durham. A...
Language World 2020
What an amazing conference it was... just before lockdown! I would normally write a blog on it... but other events took over... You can still click here for my presentation as shown in my talk, or click here for my own version, including notes and extra reading.
The Language Show 2019
Here is my presentation which I delivered on Sunday 17th November 2019 as part of the Show! Oh I know a story about that My takeaways from the Show will be added soon - watch this space! Whilst you are waiting: here is the simple nativity in French that Catherine...
Language World (the ALL's annual conference) is one of my favourite event of the whole year: professionally and personally! Below are some notes on what I experienced and learnt this year. I actually spent 2 days walking round people armed with my Zoom H5 microphone...
French Teachers’ Day at the Institut Français de Londres, 6th October 2018
What a fantastic day I had on 6th October 2018 at the Institut Français de Londres for their training day, as organised by Benoît Le Devédec, his team, Philip Campagna and Steven Fawkes! If you were there too, I am confident you will agree a lot of learning was done...
Highlights and tips from the UK Lingua conference in Durham, April 2018
On 21st and 22nd April I was privileged to be at Durham University as co-organiser for this conference for the second time. I have to admit it gets better every year... even if I have to say so myself! I have gathered the highlights and tips shared during the sessions...
ALL’s Language World 2018 conference – my experience
If you are reading this then am guessing you care about languages… In that case can I suggest you may want to start saving up for Language World next year? It is such an amazing conference, I get so much out of it that I sincerely recommend it… What about this year’s...
UK Lingua 2018: engaging students with authentic stories
What a fantastic weekend we had at UK Lingua again! There were over 100 people who attended this time (our 3rd edition) so Penny Johnson and I would like to thank you very much if you were one of them. Whether you were able to attend or not, you can read a full blog...
Language World 2018: the amazing things you can do with just a handful of books for children!
Please find here a full version of the presentation which I delivered on Friday 23rd March 2018 for ALL in Hinckley: Nathalie Paris The amazing things you can do with just a handful of books for children. It contains lots of useful suggestions and links! I will be...
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