Six useless things language teachers do gianfrancoconti.com/2015/06/25/s...

Another great milestone. A massive thank you to my readers, old and new.

How to coach a struggling MFL colleague gianfrancoconti.com/2025/06/21/c...

In my latest blog post I have compiled a taxonomy of teacher types based on research by Borg and many other prominent researchers in the field. What Kind of Language Teacher Are You?- A Research Taxonomy of Language Teacher Types gianfrancoconti.com/2025/06/18/w...

MFL in the Age of Extremes – How Adolescents’ Social Media Habits Affect the MFL Classroom and What You Can Do About It gianfrancoconti.com/2025/06/12/m...

New research-informed post on gianfrancoconti.com on the key cognitive challenges posed by grammar structures and the solutions to address them in curriculum design and in the classroom gianfrancoconti.com/2025/04/08/n...

How the speaking process unfolds in the brain, the obstacles to fluency and how to address them based on research gianfrancoconti.com/2025/04/06/h...

👏 2 days to go!👏 Bring your questions, and stay for the chat! 'You, I & EPI - an evening with Dr Conti' ✅ this Saturday April 5 ✅ 7pm-9pm AEDT (via Zoom) ✅ Everyone welcome! Register here ➡️ bit.ly/EPI_05Apr25 @gianfrancoconti.bsky.social #mfl #epi #languages #cpd

‘You Shall Know a Word by the Company It Keeps’ – Why and how this sentence revolutionised my teaching 25 years ago gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/29/y...

‘You Shall Know a Word by the Company It Keeps’ – Why and how this sentence revolutionised my teaching 25 years ago gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/29/y...

Interesting for me to see where the language teaching books @gianfrancoconti.bsky.social and I have co-authored are bought.

Very insightful www.ffyf.org/resources/20...

Latest post on gianfrancocontu.com gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/22/w...

How does IQ affect language learning? What is the relation between attitude & aptitude? Does a lower social economic status affect IQ? our students with lower IQ succeed? Does research support teaching mixed ability? gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/21/h...

Why the input we give our learners must be 95-98% comprehensible in order to enhance language acquisition – the theory and the research evidence gianfrancoconti.com/2025/02/27/w...

Latest post on www.gianfrancoconti.com Transforming L2 Listening Instruction: Powerful Insights from Prof. John Field, the leading expert in the field. gianfrancoconti.com/.../transfor...

Latest post on the Language Gym detailing the research behind the EPI approach. gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/18/b...

Latest post on the Language Gym detailing the research behind the EPI approach. gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/18/b...

Latest post on a detail discussion of the research underpinning EPI with references. gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/18/b...

One of the most important things to bear in mind when teaching underprivileged children

Some background to the 'You, I & EPI - an evening with Dr. Conti' event: why we're doing it, and what we want to achieve @gianfrancoconti.bsky.social #epi #mfl #Languages youtu.be/2o0xzjJmLbY?...

Online events for Aussie teachers coming up !

The Role of Grammar in the New 2024 GCSE MFL Exam: Can One Still Achieve a Grade 7 with Weak Grammar? gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/10/t...

Another research-based post on The Language Gym Why Teaching Chunks in MFL is More Effective for Developing Fluency: A Research-Based Perspective gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/11/w...

Another research-based post on The Language Gym Why Teaching Chunks in MFL is More Effective for Developing Fluency: A Research-Based Perspective gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/11/w...

The Role of Grammar in the New 2024 GCSE MFL Exam: Can One Still Achieve a Grade 7 with Weak Grammar? gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/10/t...

The pros and cons of teaching language by topics according to research gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/09/1...

New personal record set yest: the smallest audience ever at one of my CPD event, as I worked solely with the team at The Bronte Girls Academy, Bradford - the event was not open to the public The 3-strong team, were keen & focused and it turned out to be a great day of fun & meaningful discussions.

New personal record set yest: the smallest audience ever at one of my CPD event, as I worked solely with the team at The Bronte Girls Academy, Bradford - the event was not open to the public The 3-strong team, were keen & focused and it turned out to be a great day of fun & meaningful discussions.

The pros and cons of teaching language by topics according to research gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/09/1...

If you would like to host an event of mine in the UK/Ireland/ Europe/Qatar/Emirates in June-July, in the period from 19th June to 15th July, please do get in touch with me asap.

Our new INNOVATIVE Listening Book based on the 2024 GCSE specs explained in this blogpost. It contains two input-to-output sequences per theme and two exam practice tasks. The texts are engaging and contain references to France/ Francophonie. gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/01/t...

Latest evidence-based blog on TLG: Why do some L2 learners repeat the L2 words or phrases they hear correctly and others don't ? How can teachers address this? The science besides it and why you should be careful before engaging students in choral repetition gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/03/w...

Latest evidence-based blog on TLG: Why do some L2 learners repeat the L2 words or phrases they hear correctly and others don't ? How can teachers address this? The science besides it and why you should be careful before engaging students in choral repetition gianfrancoconti.com/2025/03/03/w...

If you use Facebook, this is the page @gianfrancoconti.bsky.social and I set up to share blogs and other language learning-related news. Could be worth recommending to trainess too. www.facebook.com/thelanguaget...

Thank you! My students consistently achieve Superior Low on the listening parts of Avant and AAPPL tests. Always looking for new strategies 🙂

My upcoming speaking tour of the UK (Feb to March 2025) gianfrancoconti.com/2025/02/09/m...

A cracking new post by @gianfrancoconti.bsky.social , revisiting the subject of listening. gianfrancoconti.com/2025/02/21/t...

Ten key strategies to enhance your students' listening skills and GCSE grades gianfrancoconti.com/2025/02/21/t...

The key staples of Listening to Learn or Listening As Modelling, as lais out in Conti and Smith (2019) ' Breaking the Sound Barrier: teaching learners how to listen'

The key staples of Listening to Learn or Listening As Modelling, as lais out in Conti and Smith (2019) ' Breaking the Sound Barrier: teaching learners how to listen'

Ten key strategies to enhance your students' listening skills and GCSE grades gianfrancoconti.com/2025/02/21/t...

Three things to consider whenever you stage listening activities: (1) Input; (2) Task design; (3) Strategy use

Another blog post written at airport as I travel to my next destination. Mapping out what happens in the students brain as they write, step by step and implications for pedagogy gianfrancoconti.com/2025/02/19/m...

Why Does training in METACOGNITION often fails? 8 common shortcomings of metacognitive training programs gianfrancoconti.com/2025/02/18/w...

Loving blogging again. Three posts in a row this week. This is the latest one: The most frequent words that MFL learners don't learn; why and what you can do about it gianfrancoconti.com/2025/02/15/t...

Loving blogging again. Three posts in a row this week. This is the latest one: The most frequent words that MFL learners don't learn; why and what you can do about it gianfrancoconti.com/2025/02/15/t...

Ha ha I remember that. I had just become a teacher and I had no idea why it was controversial. It just seemed useful. What a triumph! Bravo!