Our new action research project at Oaklands College, Hertfordshire, sponsored by the LSIS Excellence and Improvement Fund, is Let's differentiate. We are a team of 5 MFL lectureres, myself, Maryse Birba, Patrizia Hall, Ana-Fe Escutia and Li Xiao. We meet regularly to discuss differentiation strategies, try them out in our teaching, report back and start work on the next strategy. We also peer observe each other, which is a very good way to get feedback and new ideas. Look out for the Let's differentiate pages on this site in early 2010..
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Let's Differentiate
Graduated in 1973 from Somerville College, Oxford, with a First in Modern Languages and no idea what to do with it. In 1981, my flatmate suggested I should teach a German evening class to earn some money. After my first class, I knew this was what I wanted to do - and I am still doing it.
I teach French at Oaklands College, St Albans (from Beginners to A level) and the 3rd level German course Variationen at the Open University in London, where I am also assistant staff tutor for Languages.
