1. How can Lesson Study be used to develop teaching and learning in MFL?

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4. MFL department meet to determine what is to be taught in the Research Lessons and by whom. Joint planning of the first research lesson by the 3 teachers involved and collaboration on resources. RESEARCH LESSON 1: Teach, observe and interview 3 case pupils in first Research Lesson. MFL department meet to discuss findings and improvements for the next Research Lesson. Post RL 2 discussion and suggested improvement Format of the 3 rd lesson agreed upon and case pupils identified. RESEARCH LESSON 2 Format of the 2 nd lesson agreed upon and case pupils identified. Post RL 3 discussion and suggested improvement RESEARCH LESSON 3 MFL department meet to review the cycle and agree improved best practice.

5. What is Lesson Study? Lesson study is a form of long-term professional development in which teams of teachers collaboratively plan, research, and study their lesson instruction as a way to determine how students learn best. It is a process that deepens the interaction of a school’s professional learning community by developing the habits of self-reflection and critical thinking through very personal collaboration with colleagues and structured observation of students.

6. Some Initial findings: 1.Lesson Study has proven itself to be a very effective way of arriving at best practice in our MFL department. Not only that, but it allows teachers to get right into the detail of their subject teaching straight away, whereas other forms of lesson observation run the risk of being quite superficial. 2.During the course of this project we have been able to work and improve: the teaching of translation, marking of pupil work and feedback, group work, the best ways to arrange seating and several other areas of our work. 3.However it is very time consuming and we have had to adapt Japanese and other UK models of LS to fit in with our subject area and school culture.

7. Research Questions: 1.What impact does LS have on the teaching and learning of MFL during the course of this study? 2.What adaptations of existing models of LS are desirable to provide the best possible teaching and learning outcomes in this context? 3.Does Lesson Study prove to be more successful as a method of teacher development than the kinds lesson observation currently being used within the school? 4.Which methods of capturing data from the research lessons (video, observation notes, voice recording, pupil voice) show themselves to be most useful in terms of improving teaching and learning?