National Consortium for Languages Education
IOE – Faculty of Education and Society
NCLE CPD Webinar Series
Join the NCLE’s series of free, research-informed webinars for languages teachers, to build your knowledge, skills, understanding and confidence in languages teaching pedagogy. This series of CPD sessions runs in tandem with the NCLE CPD platform that will be launching in Summer 2025.
The National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE) is comprised of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, the Goethe Institut and the British Council.
The NCLE CPD Webinar Series continues for 2024/25
AI and Technology: Developing Languages for the Future
Wednesday 11th June 4-5pm
Please register for this webinar via this link
Led by: Joe Dale, Independent Languages Consultant
Join Joe Dale, Independent Language Consultant and Bernardette Holmes MBE, NCLE Director together with Specialist Teachers from the NCLE Language Network who will be sharing innovative ideas on how AI and technology can be used to empower language teachers and inspire language learners. Find out how to use AI to create songs and develop listening skills, how to enrich GCSE speaking practice through chatbots, and how to strengthen curriculum and lesson planning. We will be sharing practical ideas, answering your questions, and offering reassurance about the role of AI and technology in shaping the future for languages. Discover the art of the possible!
Host:
Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant from the UK who works with a range of organisations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype, Microsoft and The Guardian. He was host of the TES MFL forum for six years, former SSAT Languages Lead Practitioner, a regular conference speaker and recognised expert on technology and language learning. He has spoken at conferences and run training courses in Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, the Far East and Australasia. He was a member of the Ministerial Steering Group on languages for the UK coalition government and advised on the Linguanet Worldwide project for The Language Company. He created ICT activities for the new Institut Français, ALL and Network for Languages Primary French Project Niveau Bleu, Blanc and Rouge courses and was short-listed for a NAACE Impact Award in 2013 too. Joe supported the Erasmus Plus project Conflict to Cooperation with 5 European countries and the Erasmus Plus Project Learning to think and live outside the box. He recently organised and co-hosted a 10 part series of webinars ‘Saturday Tech-Talk’ in collaboration with the British Council in Indonesia and iTELL and worked on the Nusantara Go project for the British Council in Indonesia and PearTree Languages in 2022. He also worked on the Supporting Schools Reform in Algeria project through the British Council 2019-2020. He is currently working on the Stories on the Move project with the University of Reading. He was recently described in a Guardian article as an ‘MFL guru’ and ‘the man behind the #mfltwitterati.’. Joe’s new Facebook group ‘Language Teaching with AI’ already has over 5600 members!