1. eTwinning and MFL
Helena Butterfield
Head of MFL St. Michael’s RC School
eTwinning Ambassador
Links into Languages Trainer
http://helenabutterfield.net
helenabutterfield@gmail.com
2. Why?
• Celebrate different cultures
• Native speaker contact
• Authentic material
• Real audience
• Widens focus
• Motivation
3.
4. What is eTwinning?
•Enables teachers, pupils and students in 32 European
countries to work together using ICT.
•European Commission’s partner finding and online
collaboration tool.
•Schools and colleges (working with pupils and students
between the ages of 3 and 20) can register details, create
a profile, search for partners and engage in online
partnerships
•Short or long term partnerships
•Collaborate on a range of curriculum based projects in
any subject area
•No administration process or time restriction
•Free!
19. Awards and Recognition
Quality Labels: Recognition of
outstanding projects from the UK
NSS (British Council) and the
European CSS (EU)
UK eTwinning Awards
European eTwinning
Awards
20. More information
• The Langwitch Chronicles:
http://helenabutterfield.net
• eTwinning: www.etwinning.net
• British Council: www.britishcouncil.org
• helenabutterfield@gmail.com
• Twitter: @langwitch