Dissemination

Conferences and presentations

Hawkes, R. (2025, November). MFL GCSE 2026 exam success: Winning at writing. [Webinar]. Bath Spa University.
Marsden, E. (2024). Using summaries of research to both understand and improve teachers' professional identity. [Invited talk]. Paths to Professional Development: Teacher Identity and Research Literacy - Technical University Dortmund.
Marsden, E. (2022). Defining the language content for assessment and its effects on curriculum design. [Invited keynote]. Shaping the Future of Modern Foreign Languages in Education, Institute of Government, and Public Policy.
Marsden, E. (2022). Fairer foreign languages: Assessment, achievability, and analytic ability for all. [Invited plenary]. Language World, The Association for Language Learning's Annual Conference, Sheffield.
Marsden, E. (2022). What can NCELP offer a teacher educator? [Presentation]. ITET Forum.
Marsden, E. (2022). What NCELP offers the initial teacher education community. [Invited talk]. Annual conference of the Initial Teacher Education and Training SIG in ALL.
NCELP. (2022). MFL conference. [Conference presentation]. Red Hill Teaching Hub.
Avery, N. (2021). Making grammar practice meaningful and effective. [Conference presentation]. Language World.
Hawkes, R. (2021). Myth busting and meaning making: Important ideas for classroom based language teaching. [Presentation]. The Language Show.
Marsden, E. (2021). Consolidating knowledge with meaningful practice: An introduction to NCELP resources. [Plenary]. Language World, The Association for Language Learning's Annual Conference, Sheffield.
Marsden, E. (2021). (How) do teachers read research, why, and (how) does it help them / us in the classroom...and beyond? [Invited talk]. IATEFL Research SIG.
Marsden, E. (2021). National modern foreign language conference. [Invited plenary]. Inside Government Education.
Marsden, E. (2021). Sequencing and delivering a content-rich curriculum. [Conference presentation]. National Modern Foreign Languages Conference.
NCELP. (2021). What is NCELP? [Conference presentation]. Schools Effectiveness Cornwall Curriculum Conference.
Marsden, E. (2020). National modern foreign language conference. [Invited plenary]. Inside Government Education.
Marsden, E. (2020). Workshop on curriculum and pedagogy. [Invited talk]. Association for Language Learning, South Yorkshire Branch.
Shanks, D. (2020). Vocabulary: What's in a word? [Conference presentation]. Association for Language Learning.
Marsden, E. (2019). Excellence in foreign languages education conference. [Invited keynote]. London.
Marsden, E. (2019). Linking research on language learning and teaching with classroom practice. [Presentation]. Association for Language Learning.
Marsden, E. (2019). NCELP: Linking research on language learning and teaching with classroom practice. [Invited talk]. Initial Teacher Education and Training Annual Group Conference (ITET in Association for Language Learning).
Marsden, E. (2017, June). Delivering outstanding MFL education forum. [Keynote and Chair]. Inside Government, Teacher Professional Development Event, Manchester.
Marsden, E. (2017, November). Inaugural meeting for a series of CPD events on the MFL Pedagogy Review. [Invited talk]. Association for Language Learning's South Yorkshire Branch.

Publications

2026

Marsden, E., & Hawkes, R. (In press). A narrative account of experiences at research-policy-practice interfaces in England—warts and all. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching. https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/a-narrative-account-of-experiences-at-research-policy-practice-in/

2025

Woolcock, N. (2025, December 23). GCSE languages pupils to stop asking ‘où est la piscine?’ The Times. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/schools-gcse-languages-textbook-phrases-replaced-modern-vocabulary-55zht07m8

This article talks about the new GCSE and the Oak National Academy materials, both of which the NCELP team played a significant role in helping to develop.

2024

Dudley, A., Marsden, E., & Bovolenta, G. (2024). A Context-Aligned Two Thousand Test: Towards estimating high-frequency French vocabulary knowledge for beginner-to-low intermediate proficiency adolescent learners in England. Language Testing, 41(4), 759-791. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02655322241261415
Dudley, A., & Marsden, E. (2024). The Lexical Content of High-Stakes National Exams in French, German, and Spanish in England. Foreign Language Annals, 57, 311-338. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12751
Dudley, A., Marsden, E., & Bovolenta, G. (2024). A Context-Aligned Two Thousand Test: Towards estimating high-frequency French vocabulary knowledge for beginner-to-low intermediate proficiency adolescent learners in England. Language Testing, 41(4), 759-791. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02655322241261415
Finlayson, N. E., Marsden, E., & Hawkes, R. (2024). Creating and evaluating corpus-informed word lists for adolescent, beginner-to-low-intermediate learners of French, German, and Spanish. Language Teaching Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688241288877
Hwang, H.-B., Coss, M. D., Sato, M., Cárcamo, B., Nguyen, M., Dao, P., Iwashita, N., Loewen, S., Scheffler, P., Baranowska, K., Marsden, E., Hawkes, R., McKinley, J., & Ortega, L. (2024). (Re)Examining the research-practice interface: International perspectives, multiple methods, persistent challenges, and novel directions. Language Teaching. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444824000181
Marsden, E. & Hawkes, R. (2024). Balancing evidence-informed language policy and pragmatic considerations: Lessons from the MFL GCSE reforms in England. Languages, Society and Policy. https://www.lspjournal.com/post/balancing-evidence-informed-language-policy-and-pragmatic-considerations-lessons-from-the-mfl-gcse

2023

Alferink, I., & Marsden, E. (2023). OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 17(5), 946-952. https://doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2023.2204100
Finlayson, N., & Marsden, E. (2023). Assessing depth of word knowledge of beginner learners of French, German, and Spanish aged 11-14 in England. In S. W. Chong, & H. Reinders (Eds.), Innovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment (pp. 137-161). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18950-0
Finlayson, N. E., Marsden, E., & Anthony, L. (2023). Introducing MultilingProfiler: An adaptable tool for analysing the vocabulary in French, German, and Spanish texts. System, 118, Article 103122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2023.103122
Marsden, E., Dudley, A., & Hawkes, R. (2023). Use of word lists in a high-stakes, low-exposure context: Topic-driven or frequency-informed. The Modern Language Journal, 107(3), 669–692. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12866
Marsden, E., & Hawkes, R. (2023). Situating practice in a limited-exposure, foreign languages school curriculum. In Y. Suzuki (Eds.) Practice and Automatization in Second Language Research: Theory, Methods, and Pedagogical Implications. Chapter 4. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003414643-6
Marsden, E., Hawkes, R., Earnshaw, L., Hobson, V., & NCELP Team. (2023). NCELP Final Report. https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/200637/1/NCELP_Final_Report_9_April_2023.pdf

2022

Jiménez Serrano, J. (2022). Entrevista con Emma Marsden y Rachel Hawkes [Interview in Spanish]. Directoras del National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy (NCELP), Revista de la Consejería de Educación en el Reino Unido e Irlanda, (2). Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional, Embajada de España.

2021

Watson, P. J., Hobson, V., Marsden, E., & Hawkes, R. (2021). Connecting research into pedagogy with foreign language teaching: A perspective from NCELP. Impact: Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching, 13. https://my.chartered.college/impact_article/connecting-research-into-pedagogy-with-foreign-language-teaching-a-perspective-from-ncelp/

2019

Hawkes, R., Marsden, E. J., Avery, N., Kasprowicz, R., & Woore, R. (2019). Making language learning make sense at the National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy. Languages, Society & Policy, May. https://www.meits.org/dialogues/article/foreign-language-learning-and-analysis-in-the-national-centre-for-excellenc

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