Section 4, Teacher Guidelines, NCCA Modern Languages in Primary Schools, p.43.
Planning, record keeping and assessment are essential components of a successful implementation of the Modern Language curriculum. Schemes of works are required for the Modern Language as they are for all other subject areas. Besides the integration of stands and strand units, schemes of work should include cross-curricular links. The Modern Language schemes of work prepared by the language teacher are useful tools for collaboration with class teachers. They also serve as a basis for record keeping and assessment.
Different styles of planning templates are available to MLPSI teachers. Teachers are free to choose the templates which best suit them. They can also adapt the format of the templates to suit their own style providing they retain the necessary components. Some sample templates are included here for download in both PDF and Word formats:
Topic progression plan
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Term plan
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Monthly and weekly schemes of work
weekly_scheme
Lesson Plan 1
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Lesson Plan 2
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Alternative templates for lesson plans have recently been developed by the team (April 2008) - please click on the icons to download them: alternative_lesson_plan_template_option_1__april_08__2_
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Guidelines on planning are available in:
• Section 4, Teacher Guidelines, NCCA Modern Languages in Primary Schools, pp. 43-52
• Course and lesson planning section , MLPSI Handbook, pp.5-10 • Integrating the three curriculum strands, MLPSI handbook, pp.18-23
• Integrating the five skills, MLPSI handbook, pp.51-53
• Cross-curricular links, MLPSI handbook, pp.24-33
• My European Language Portfolio (MLPSI ELP), in particular the ‘can do’ checklists in My Language Biography
Please click on the following link to download a planning template with prompts to assist Principals and staff in the formulation of a School Plan for Modern Languages in your school: 
