Archives for January 13th, 2011

FOREIGN LANGUAGE WEBSITES UNDER USED IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

Headlines, PublicNet: 13 January, 2011

Ofsted is concerned about language teaching in secondary schools and is critical of failure to make use of freely available material such as foreign language websites.

Ofsted inspectors found that one of the main barriers to effective learning is a lack of opportunity for students to listen and communicate in the target language at secondary school. In particular, students had insufficient opportunities to talk in the chosen language in a realistic way. Many teachers make insufficient use of authentic written material such as foreign language websites. Secondary schools were also not always building effectively on the progress made by children at primary school.

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TECHNOLOGY BOOSTS STAFF FEEDBACK ON CHANGE PROPOSALS

Headlines, PublicNet: 13 January, 2011

Westminster City Council has doubled the response rate and speeded up the publication of staff views on change plans by using an innovative digital survey.

The council provided staff with an anonymous survey to allow them to give their honest opinions on a variety of topics and subjects, including hotly debated departmental restructuring and reorganisation.

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